Projects - Archive

Inquiry-based learning projects

CILASS Projects - (Six HEIs): Six projects relating to inquiry-based learning in English and Creative Writing were funded by the Centre for Inquiry-Based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences (CILASS) at the University of Sheffield.; Project completed: April 2010; Tags: Inquiry-based learning

Inquiry-Based Learning Design and Literary Studies (CILASS - Aberystwyth): This project developed and disseminated a practical methodology for IBL in English Studies. The project leaders designed a Level 2 option module requiring students to select primary texts, compile bibliographic materials, identify research questions, and determine their own themes, topics, and assessment activities.; Project completed: April 2010; Tags: General Curriculum issues, Linking teaching & research, Inquiry-based learning

Shakespeare and the Bridewell Archives (CILASS - Chichester): This project involved the design of a module for students to study Shakespeare by means of independent research with the Elizabethan archives of the Bridewell Hospital held at the Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum, Beckenham, Kent. Students encountered a vast store of memorable historical cases and actively (in groups of four) linked these cases to Shakesepare plays.; Project completed: April 2010; Tags: Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, Linking teaching & research, CILASS, Inquiry-based learning

Creative Writing Project Module (CILASS - Brunel): This project established a template for IBL in Creative Writing by piloting an innovative MA module in partnership with the local community of writers. Students were encouraged to find innovative ways to identify, engage and interact with their audience and worked in groups on projects related to creative writing in West London.; Project completed: April 2010; Tags: Creative Writing, Community Engagement, Inquiry-based learning

Writing for Social Purpose - Ideas for Sustainable Teaching and Learning - (CILASS - Brighton): This project offered students from different disciplines the chance to raise their social and historical consciousness and develop confidence in writing, research and presentation through collaborative IBL. Students produced a piece of socially conscious creative work alongside an introspective piece of writing, demonstrating knowledge of a variety of socially conscious genres and forms and of socio-historical contexts. Staff worked with interdisciplinary agencies to create innovative materials and workshops drawing on their own research interests in the field as well as networking with guest professionals.; Project completed: April 2010; Tags: Creative Writing, Community Engagement, Inquiry-based learning

Going Dutch: Collaborative student research on language and culture (CILASS - York St John): This project used new technology to facilitate student-led collaborative international research on language and culture. English Language students at the university of Amsterdam and at York St John will worked together online on contemporary questions in language, culture and communication, before coming together in York for a face to face conference where they presented papers to each other and to their staff.
Project completed: April 2010; Tags: English language, Internationalisation, Inquiry-based learning

Dramatising Slavery & Emancipating Students: Learning Beyond the Classroom (CILASS - Central Lancashire): Students researched historical characters involved in the transatlantic slave trade—including both perpetrators & victims – to provide materials for a dramatic tableau to be made freely available online as a pedagogical resource. The students developed the material through field trips to museums and historical sites, meetings with local historians, archivists and curators.
Project completed: April 2010; Tags: Post-colonial literature, Inquiry-based learning, Interdisciplinarity