Faculty Inquiry: Faculty Inquiry:

Rose Asera Rose Asera Carnegie Foundation for the Carnegie Foundation for the

Advancement of TeachingAdvancement of Teaching

Laney College Laney College

Nov 9, 2007Nov 9, 2007

Why faculty inquiry? Why faculty inquiry?

Faculty inquiry is Faculty inquiry is practice & problem focused practice & problem focused gathers and analyzes a wide range of evidence gathers and analyzes a wide range of evidence collegial, collaborative & communal collegial, collaborative & communal

Inquiry can start with a question, an Inquiry can start with a question, an observation, a curriculum, or a learning observation, a curriculum, or a learning outcomeoutcome

Inquiry: the metaphoric powers Inquiry: the metaphoric powers of glass of glass

To reflect To reflect

To magnify To magnify

To be transparent To be transparent

To transmitTo transmit

Mirrors: To ReflectMirrors: To Reflect

How do we critically look at How do we critically look at ourselves?ourselves?

Mirrors: To ReflectMirrors: To Reflect

Lenses: To MagnifyLenses: To Magnify

Windows: To be transparentWindows: To be transparent

Projectors: To Transmit Projectors: To Transmit

Making our work public-- Making our work public--

What are the outcomes of What are the outcomes of inquiry? inquiry?

A culture of evidence & inquiry:A culture of evidence & inquiry: Change in vision of the classroom and student Change in vision of the classroom and student

learning learning Habits of mind – asking questions and looking Habits of mind – asking questions and looking

to data to data Experiments in the classroom Experiments in the classroom More inquiryMore inquiry

Welcome to the teaching Welcome to the teaching commons commons

The place where we all learn The place where we all learn together!together!