Resumen de Fostering reflective thinking and combating ethnocentric tendencies: A cross-cultural inquiry-based learning experience in higher education
Chiara Maria Bove, Anna Chinazzi, Mary Jane Moran
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.
