“Practitioner enquiry, as defined by Menter et al (2011), is a ‘finding out’ or an investigation with a rationale and approach that can be explained or defended.” – GTCS Website
Throughout our time as students, and also as qualified teachers, we will be expected to expand our learning and thoughts about various aspects of school life.
By becoming an enquiring practitioner, I believe that I will benefit from many different viewpoints and opinions. One major benefit would be that you are able to discuss your ideas with other people. I find this can be very beneficial because people will be able to give their opinion on your interpretation and this means that you can work together to figure out what would be the best idea for that situation. This will definitely help when I am a student teacher because the teacher I am with on placement will be able to discuss with me about topic regarding the class.
However, becoming an Enquiring Practitioner does not come without its challenges. One major challenge could be that the group would get off topic. This means that the main point of the discussion is being missed due to the conversation being diverted to a different topic. Therefore, by getting off the subject, the group may end up spending more time focusing on things that are no longer beneficial to the actual topic. I think this would be a challenge to me as a student teacher because I will have many questions and when I discuss these with my placement teacher there is a high possibility that I will end up off the original topic.
References:
http://www.gtcs.org.uk/professional-update/practitioner-enquiry/what-is-practitioner-enquiry.aspx – cited 4/11/15
Your post is very good and it shows that you know about the benefits and disadvantages of practitioner enquiry. I like how you have included the definition from Menter et al (2011), and the link where you sourced your information, however, you could have included what being an enquiring practitioner means to you. Aside from that it is a well written piece which covers what we were asked 😀
I love how you’ve put this piece together! I like the idea of bringing yourself in to looking at how it will benefit you as a practitioner. It is clear that you have looked in to both sides of becoming an enquiring practitioner.
I feel you could have mentioned a few more challenges that come with enquiring practice however we were only asked to write a brief summary and so i believe you have achieved this to a really good standard 🙂 xx
Like Lisa, I am also loving how you’ve set out this post!
The quote at the top is very eye-catching, definitely not a post I’d consider scrolling past!
Love how you’ve stated what you will benefit from becoming an enquiring practitioner. I feel we will all be faced with similar challenges, especially drifting off-topic. Great that you’ve realised what they are in advance, hopefully, we can avoid having to face these challenges!
What sort of things do you think we’ll be doing as student teachers to act as enquiring practitioners? The list is endless. There are so many people, and not just other teachers, we will be working with; such as social workers and local community development officers.
Loved reading this post!