Fostering Students’ Workplace Communicative Competence and Collaborative Mindset through an Inquiry-Based Learning Design
This paper illustrates the efficiency of implementing an inquiry-based teaching and learning module on the development of workplace communication competence and collaborative mindset in a college-level English as a Foreign Language context. In particular, the study highlights the 5E constructivist a...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2021-01-01
|
| Series: | Education Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/1/17 |
| _version_ | 1797542620604399616 |
|---|---|
| author | Rosa Huiju Chen |
| author_facet | Rosa Huiju Chen |
| author_sort | Rosa Huiju Chen |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This paper illustrates the efficiency of implementing an inquiry-based teaching and learning module on the development of workplace communication competence and collaborative mindset in a college-level English as a Foreign Language context. In particular, the study highlights the 5E constructivist approach as the pedagogical foundation and addresses the effects of project-based learning scenario on students’ engagement and their views in terms of “workplace habits of mind”. The 5E model includes five stages: engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration, and evaluation. In addition, teaching strategies like academia-industry cooperative teaching, industry field trip, reflective writing, and project-based presentation were incorporated into each instructional phase to emphasize the development of students’ social, collaborative, and problem-solving skills. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected including students’ perceived effectiveness of engagement activities, weekly reflective journal writing and focus group interviews. The results of the study indicate that the inquiry-based teaching and learning approach had a favorable effect on the development of students’ engagement and hands-on, mind-on skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, and communication. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-10T13:33:08Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9faea785d11d470f8e6d76bf5821a572 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2227-7102 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-10T13:33:08Z |
| publishDate | 2021-01-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Education Sciences |
| spelling | doaj.art-9faea785d11d470f8e6d76bf5821a5722023-11-21T07:43:48ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022021-01-011111710.3390/educsci11010017Fostering Students’ Workplace Communicative Competence and Collaborative Mindset through an Inquiry-Based Learning DesignRosa Huiju Chen0Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National I-Lan University, I-Lan 260007, TaiwanThis paper illustrates the efficiency of implementing an inquiry-based teaching and learning module on the development of workplace communication competence and collaborative mindset in a college-level English as a Foreign Language context. In particular, the study highlights the 5E constructivist approach as the pedagogical foundation and addresses the effects of project-based learning scenario on students’ engagement and their views in terms of “workplace habits of mind”. The 5E model includes five stages: engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration, and evaluation. In addition, teaching strategies like academia-industry cooperative teaching, industry field trip, reflective writing, and project-based presentation were incorporated into each instructional phase to emphasize the development of students’ social, collaborative, and problem-solving skills. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected including students’ perceived effectiveness of engagement activities, weekly reflective journal writing and focus group interviews. The results of the study indicate that the inquiry-based teaching and learning approach had a favorable effect on the development of students’ engagement and hands-on, mind-on skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, and communication.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/1/17collaborative mindsetinquiry-based learningworkplace communicative competence |
| spellingShingle | Rosa Huiju Chen Fostering Students’ Workplace Communicative Competence and Collaborative Mindset through an Inquiry-Based Learning Design Education Sciences collaborative mindset inquiry-based learning workplace communicative competence |
| title | Fostering Students’ Workplace Communicative Competence and Collaborative Mindset through an Inquiry-Based Learning Design |
| title_full | Fostering Students’ Workplace Communicative Competence and Collaborative Mindset through an Inquiry-Based Learning Design |
| title_fullStr | Fostering Students’ Workplace Communicative Competence and Collaborative Mindset through an Inquiry-Based Learning Design |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fostering Students’ Workplace Communicative Competence and Collaborative Mindset through an Inquiry-Based Learning Design |
| title_short | Fostering Students’ Workplace Communicative Competence and Collaborative Mindset through an Inquiry-Based Learning Design |
| title_sort | fostering students workplace communicative competence and collaborative mindset through an inquiry based learning design |
| topic | collaborative mindset inquiry-based learning workplace communicative competence |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/1/17 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT rosahuijuchen fosteringstudentsworkplacecommunicativecompetenceandcollaborativemindsetthroughaninquirybasedlearningdesign |