Educating Scholars in Sciences through Inquiry Methodology

Abstract

Education issues in Latin American schools, particularly innatural sciences subjects at Primary and Secondary schoollevel, have caused the need to redefine traditional teachingmethods. Among other methodologies, it is expected that theInquiry-Based Science Education (ISBE) will favour attitudesproperly of critical and scientific thinking in students, whichis quite important for the scientific and technologicaldevelopment of the countries of this region.Experiences on how this inquiry process takes place inschool sessions, the principles of this methodology, difficultieson its application and the requirements to draw guidelines fora strategic plan, its execution, development and evaluation inour country, are shown next.