Achievements and Problems in the In-service Teacher Education in Inquiry Based Style

Abstract

Report published in the Proceedings of the National Conference on "Education and Research in the Information Society", Plovdiv, May, 2015The paper deals with the experience of the authors in promoting the Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) in mathematics and science education within international and national projects. The emphasis is on in-service teacher education. Various types of activities and resources in support of all levels of IBL are considered, e.g. professional development courses, seminars, workshop, and performances; implementation of resources stimulating students to behave like working mathematicians. The first visible positive effects and potential problems in the implementation of IBL in the Bulgarian schools are discussed.Association for the Development of the Information Society, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski