These experiences help individuals, but they do little to foster a community of professional inquiry within a school or district and depend significantly on the drive and commitment of individual teachers. (thelearningloop.com)
This article examines school - based professional inquiry communities known as Critical Friends Groups, analyzing how four design features — their diverse menu of activities, their decentralized structure, their interdisciplinary membership, and their reliance on structured conversation tools called «protocols» — influence the capacity of these groups to pursue whole - school reform and instructional improvement. (tcrecord.org)
In order to do this, it utilizes a diversity of approaches including participation in courses, conferences and workshops, professional reading, fostering professional inquiry through action research and other approaches, and mentoring new teachers, to name a few. (edcan.ca)