An appreciative approach to inquiry

This free course, An appreciative approach to inquiry, is designed to support groups of practitioners or individuals adopt an appreciative inquiry approach to reflecting, questioning, and developing their collective or individual practices. It is particularly aimed at those working in education at any level and any context to engage in teacher inquiry, practitioner research or scholarship. Through structured activities introducing the 4D model of appreciative inquiry, you will use story techniques to identify existing strengths. Transcript

• Introduction
• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• Acknowledgements
• Session1Session 1: What do we mean by inquiry?
• Introduction
• 1 What do we mean by inquiry?
• 1.1 The role of inquiry in educational contexts
• 1.2 Challenges of educational inquiry
• 2 A problem based approach to inquiry
• 3 An appreciative approach to inquiry
• 4 An appreciative stance and process
• 4.1 An appreciative mindset
• 4.2 An appreciative gaze
• 4.3 Appreciative embodied practices
• 5 Inquiry as generative
• 5.1 The role of creative writing/thinking/doing
• 6 Summary of Session 1
• References
• Acknowledgements
• Session2Session 2: Immersing and appreciating
• Introduction
• 1 Telling stories
• 2 Thinking with stories
• 2.1 Narrative arcs
• 2.2 Appreciating different perspectives
• 2.3 Noticing small things
• 3 Starting points for inquiry
• 4 Immersing ourselves in our inquiry focus
• 5 Summary of Session 2
• References
• Acknowledgements
• Session3Session 3: Imagining and dreaming
• Introduction
• 1 The role of imagining and dreaming in inquiry
• 2 Challenges of imagining and dreaming
• 3 Being a ‘dreamer’
• 3.1 Playing
• 3.2 Wondering
• 3.3 Hoping
• 3.4 Courage and encouraging
• 4 Doing imaginative inquiries
• 4.1 Generating metaphors
• 4.2 Generating images
• 5 Taking our imaginings with us
• 6 Summary of Session 3
• References
• Acknowledgements
• Session4Session 4: Innovating and designing
• Introduction
• 1 Planning re-imagined
• 2 Working with stories of the future
• 2.1 Provocative propositions
• 3 Finding the design elements
• 4 Moving towards an imagined future
• 4.1 Collaborative ethical action
• 5 Summary of Session 4
• References
• Acknowledgements
• Session5Session 5: Re-immersing and delivering
• Introduction
• 1 Inquiry as praxis
• 2 Is this the dream?
• 2.1 Evaluation as dream-catching
• 2.2 Re-immersion
• 2.3 Re-setting
• 3 Telling our stories to others
• 4 What do you mean by inquiry?
• 5 Summary of Session 5
• 6 Course conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements