She is also pursuing her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership at Mills College, researching the connection
between teacher inquiry, teacher efficacy beliefs, and retention.
Not exact matches
Whether it's a simple arrangement
between colleagues to observe each other in action, or a more formal approach like
teacher rounds (an iterative,
inquiry - based cycle of observations
between larger
teacher teams), schools are turning
teachers into lieutenants of their own learning.
Learning spaces designed for
inquiry do not emphasize a demarcation
between teacher and student spaces, have no set «front of the room,» create makerspace - type areas for students to create, tinker, and design, and employ instructional pedagogies that push students to ask questions and seek understanding — not listen to information and regurgitate.
The Prime Online oTPD program was developed as the result of a collaborative effort
between three
teacher educators and researchers with expertise in special education, mathematics education, and
teacher professional development with a focus on
teacher inquiry.
He decides to try a strategy that he has seen other
teachers in the
inquiry group use: back in his classroom, he audio records a conversation
between himself and the student and brings the recording to discuss with his colleagues at the next
inquiry session.
The collaborative relationship
between teachers and students allows
inquiry and critical thinking to drive instruction.
As Moss and Brookhart emphasize, the goal is not to «do» formative assessment, but to embrace a major cultural change that moves away from
teacher - led instruction to a «partnership of intentional
inquiry»
between student and
teacher, with better teaching and learning as the outcome.
It opened an
inquiry into the school in 2016, investigating approaches to safeguarding and how allegations of abuse were handled at the private Catholic boarding school, where three monks and two
teachers have been convicted of sex crimes against more than 30 pupils
between 1960 and 2010.
However, there is a disturbing disconnect
between the
inquiry - based approach that preservice
teachers are beginning to learn with on campus, and what they often encounter in schools.
Here, the lines
between those at the top and those at the bottom are blurred, positioning
teachers as engaging in higher levels of reflection and taking an
inquiry stance in examining educational practices and policies.
De Luca et al also make the point that we need to
teachers to become «theoretically literate» (p76) so that they are able to cycle back and forth
between theory and practice when engaging in collaborative
inquiry.
A second challenge
teacher leaders faced was the difficulty of supporting colleagues to keep their
inquiry in focus
between monthly meetings.
Whitney is a
teacher, trainer, and author with tremendous commitment to, and expertise in,
inquiry - and place - based education; strategies for engaging diverse learners; school gardens; and the intersection
between environmental education and public schools.
Little is known about the relationship
between learning style and
teacher retention, but results from this investigation appear to offer a promising line of
inquiry.
Meet monthly with
teacher - leaders to collaborate on design of
inquiry sessions and plan for supporting colleagues
between sessions
As
teachers discuss their
inquiry learning, they recognize that there is work to be done to ensure consistency
between and across grade levels.