This article presents an innovative teaching and learning method based on collaborative and inquiry-based learning implemented in a Middle East Politics course. It consists of a series of online workshops in which students work in teams to analyze three different current conflicts in the region: Libya, Syria, and the Israeli-Palestinian. The aim of this method was twofold: on the one hand, to create a reflexive setting to help students acquire the most comprehensive possible knowledge about the conflict's causes and dynamics, the concerns and priorities of the main actors involved or affected by the conflict, and major obstacles to its resolution; on the other hand, to enhance a set of key cognitive, skill-based, and affective learning outcomes, which are essential skills in Political Science and other related areas such as International Studies. This study shows that teaching and learning methodologies based on collaborative and inquiry-based learning are suitable tools to facilitate the understanding of multifaceted, complex realities and to generate new perspectives and views on unfamiliar contexts. This research also suggests that facilitating the active involvement of students in their self-learning can contribute to successful online teaching and to foster the acquisition of key cognitive, skill-based, and affective learning outcomes.

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和平面临哪些挑战？冲突分析研讨会以了解中东政治

本文介绍了一种在中东政治课程中实施的基于协作和探究式学习的创新教学方法。它由一系列在线研讨会组成，学生在其中分组分析该地区当前的三种不同冲突：利比亚、叙利亚和以色列-巴勒斯坦。这种方法的目的是双重的：一方面，创造一个反思环境，帮助学生获得关于冲突的起因和动态、参与或受冲突影响的主要参与者的关注和优先事项的最全面的知识，以及解决的主要障碍；另一方面，为了增强一组关键的认知、基于技能和情感的学习成果，这是政治学和其他相关领域（如国际研究）的基本技能。本研究表明，基于协作和探究式学习的教学和学习方法是促进对多方面、复杂现实的理解以及对陌生环境产生新观点和看法的合适工具。这项研究还表明，促进学生积极参与自学有助于成功的在线教学，并促进获得关键的认知、基于技能和情感的学习成果。复杂的现实，并在不熟悉的环境中产生新的观点和观点。这项研究还表明，促进学生积极参与自学有助于成功的在线教学，并促进获得关键的认知、基于技能和情感的学习成果。复杂的现实，并在不熟悉的环境中产生新的观点和观点。这项研究还表明，促进学生积极参与自学有助于成功的在线教学，并促进获得关键的认知、基于技能和情感的学习成果。