Inquiry-Based Learning - Undergraduate Research

Harald A. Mieg is (honorary) professor of Metropolitan Studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and also affiliated to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. The focus of his research is on planning processes in cities and research methodologies. He was the initiator and coordinator of a German national research project on undergraduate research in Germany ("ForschenLernen," lasting 2014-2018, 15 universities involved). In this context, he coordinated the edition of a series of books on undergraduate research and inquiry-based learning in Germany.

• Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- Part 1: Principles.- Concepts and Cases: Science Studies on IBL.- Focus on Learning.- Processes and Capabilities of Self-Learning.- Research-Oriented Learning and Teaching from a Didactic View.- The Turn "From Teaching to Learning": Towards a Student-Centered Learning Culture.- Focus on Research.- Development of Competences through IBL.- Research-Oriented Study Programs as Enculturation to Science.- Reflection.- Focus on Curricula.- Examinations and IBL.- The Peer-to Peer Principle of IBL.- Inter- and Transdisciplinarity.- Part 2: Disciplines.- I) Professionalizing Disciplines.- Teachers' Education and IBL.- Social Work and IBL.- Information Science and IBL.- II) Life Sciences.- Medicine and IBL.- (Natural) Life Sciences and IBL.- Health Sciences and IBL.- III) STEM.- Mathematics and IBL.- (Natural) Sciences and IBL.- Engineering and IBL.- IV) Arts and Design.- The Arts and IBL.- Design and IBL.- Architecture and IBL.- Specific Disciplines.- Business Administration and IBL.- Cultural Studies and IBL.- Geography and IBL.- Historical Studies and IBL.- Law and IBL.- Philosophy and IBL.- Sports and IBL.- Sustainability Studies and IBL.- Theology and IBL.- Part 3: Perspectives.- IBL as an Academic Profile: Bremen University.- IBL from the Perspective of Applied Universities.- IBL and Digital Media.- IBL and Diversity.- Perspectives for Economy and Society.