Teaching as Inquiry
In preparation for our next Teaching as Inquiry project we are reading around the topic:
Effective teachers inquire into the relationship between what they do (style) and
what happens for students (outcomes).What is happening for students in my class? But effective teachers do more than simply
inquire (or reflect) – they take action (in relation to what they are doing in the
classroom) to improve the outcomes for students and continue to inquire into the
value of these interventions.
Thus effective teaching is more than style and it is more than outcomes – it is the
continual interrogation of the relationship between these two dimensions with
the aim of enhancing student achievement.
Such a model implies particular attitudes or dispositions (open-mindedness,
fallibility) and particular actions (questioning students about what they are
understanding) but it does not prescribe or checklist such qualities. It simply
prescribes inquiry, action and the search for improvement.
(The inquiring teacher: Clarifying the concept of
teaching effectiveness
Dr Graeme Aitken)
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