An appreciative approach to inquiry
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Contents

  • Learning outcomes
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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