Fostering reflective thinking and combating ethnocentric tendencies: A cross-cultural inquiry-based learning experience in higher education

• Chiara Bove ^[1] ; Anna Chinazzi ^[1] ; Mary Jane Moran ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Milano-Bicocca

     University of Milano-Bicocca

     Milán, Italia

     
  2. [2] University of Knoxville
• Localización: New seeds for a world to come: policies, practices and lives in adult education and learning: Proceedings of the 10th ESREA Triennial Conference University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education 29 September- 1 October 2022 / coord. por Laura Formenti, Andrea Galimberti, Gaia Del Negro, 2023, ISBN 978-88-5526-918-6, págs. 99-106
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A pilot teaching project in the context of higher education has yielded some insights on effective teachingstrategies for the promotion, among postgraduate students, of a habit of inquiry. This is meant as a valuable attitudein contemporary societies and a paramount prerequisite for developing reflective thinking and open-mindedness ina Deweyan perspective. Postgraduate students – pre-service teachers and educators – were involved in a crosscultural and inquiry-based project. As the students’ perspectives revealed, adopting an inquiry attitude contributednot only to the development of reflective thinking and open-mindedness but also self-empowerment andinquisitiveness.