How to browse the collection
This website provides inquiry-based, learning-related teaching materials and materials for professional development. Each item is presented as an article. The resources and activities are all published as attachments to the articles.
International PRIMAS-website
This is an international website about inquiry-based learning (IBL). You will find articles about the PRIMAS project, its mission and
examples of how to put IBL into practice. Each article has a cover sheet. Cover sheets guide visitors in a practical sense (e.g. by providing links to related articles,
documents and to external websites), but also by pointing out important pedagogical issues lying behind a specific,
inquiry-based learning task at hand at the time of the first presentation.
There are two ways to start your search in the website:
First go to the search page by selecting Materials database in the menu at the top of the page, or select Advanced search
in the left hand panel of the homepage.
- Enter a word into the search bar and then downsize your results: Enter a word into the search bar in the left hand panel. You will be presented a number of hits showing how the word is used in the found articles, and what are the keywords of the article (tags)
- Directly filter articles by clicking the checkboxes of the search filter in the left hand panel. You are shown how many articles relate to your selection. When satisfied, click 'show'. You will be presented a number of hits showing the first scentence of the found articles, and what are the specifics of the article (tags)
The search filter and search bar can be used simultaneously.
You can easily zoom in further by
extending your selection in the search filter. Clicking on an item you have already selected in the search filter removes
this item from your selection. Clicking the reset button in the left hand panel clears your selection in the search filter and filter bar.
When you open an article, you will find links to similar or related articles in the right hand panel. Here you will also
find the keywords of the article (tags) and the languages in which the article is available.
You can search
articles by using keywords with respect to discipline, age group and language. More specifically, keywords are used for
inquiry-based learning-related characteristics of the articles. We distinguish between characteristics of teaching materials
and of materials for professional development.
National PRIMAS-websites
The PRIMAS project also hosts locally based websites, that provide for extra materials. Here you can find a list of the PRIMAS-partners and links to their national websites.