About the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning
CIBL's History
In 2001, Drs. Steven Wainwright and Norman Budnitz at Duke University established The Center for Inquiry-Based Learning to help North Carolina K-8 teachers learn inquiry-based teaching practices. In 2002, the National Science Foundation funded CIBL to conduct a research project called Teachers and Scientists Collaborating (TASC). Since then, TASC and CIBL have successfully helped about a dozen school districts get started toward improving science teaching. CIBL can work directly with your district to help you design and implement the science education changes you want.
CIBL Today
Today, CIBL offers services for schools or districts all over North Carolina. Part or all of services are available, except that we rent a kit only to teachers who we have trained on that kit, and some workshops are available only to teachers with kit teaching experience. Services include:
- science kit rental *
- science kit refurbishment packages *
- contact with scientists who will work with teachers *
- professional development on *
- an introduction to inquiry
- science kit usage
- inquiry-based science for Pre-K teachers
- inquiry-based teaching *
- science notebooks *
- science conversations in the classroom *
- administrative issues for schools or districts considering science education reform
* available only to teachers with kit teaching experience