ERIC Number: EJ1346056
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Making an Inquiry Community the Core of a PDS: Learning Together across Institutional Boundaries and Roles
School-University Partnerships, v15 n1 p64-69 Spr 2022
This article presents a case in point of an inquiry community in a professional development school (PDS). The community (supported by an "Inquiry in the PDS" graduate seminar) spanned institutional boundaries and involved a range of PDS partners who collaboratively studied their own practices. The article describes the community and shares insights reported by eight participants. Four lessons were learned from the participants' insights: first, that making an inquiry community a core mechanism for collaboration in a PDS can transform existing relationships; second, that an inquiry community can be used to build purposeful connections among and beyond PDS partners; third, that an inquiry community can offer PDS partners opportunities to fashion new professional identities; and fourth, that inquiry communities can develop new understandings of what it means to be a "PDS partner." The article's core contribution is an example of how an inquiry community can support partnering in PDS work.
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Professional Development Schools, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Preservice Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs, Graduate Study, Seminars, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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