Module 13 ldc Steps 1, 2 and 3 on provocative question #7
Provocative Question #7 (LdC)
The research suggests that in order to make research meaningful, we need to do a couple of things. First, we need to be working in collaborations and groups (such as communities of practice) in order to gain insight about an issue and be able to ask the right questions. When I think of traditional research, I would identify this as a needs assessment. The other thing that that research suggests is that we remove our previously held biases from the creation and analysis of our research. Another thing that I found quotes about was about legitimacy. Researchers needs to have a level of legitimacy among those they are researching. I think back to when I was in the Peace Corps. I had to meet the village elders and other leaders and have their approval before being able to do anything, including moving in.
Step 1. Prepare for an on-line Conversation
Quote/ideas from the book; applications/instances from your workplace setting
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Step 2. Hold an on-line Conversation
After participating/viewing the “fishbowl” conversation record notes here (below) about your responses to your peers or new thoughts based on their postings. Be certain your notes here are comprehensive, as were your responses to peers. (If you participate as a “fish,” in the fishbowl your notes, which should be entered below, can be much more succinct.) (This space expands to accommodate your writing.)
William - Focus on communication piece. page 269, if an institutional setting of learning does not offer new forms of ID that is meaningful forms of membership and ownership, it will reinforce outside meanings and ownership. Fullan and Scott, Turnaround, ownership like learning is best created through two way communication, inviting people who will be impacted with focus on results. All members need to claim ownership and engage participation.
Randy - building a team in a student services environment, ensure we are pulling in varying experiences. One would do well to be suspicious of any training scheme that is purely extractive in nature. By this I mean schemes that extract requirements, descriptions, artifacts, and other elements out of practice, transform them out of institutional artifacts such as course, manuals, procedures and the like and then redeploy them...ignores effect on learning. Being thoughtful and intentional with our young people, look at everyone's experiences and look at the research in the context in which we will be doing research. People partially construct their own realities, filter experiences through existing constructs. People come with background biases.
Toya - page 220, What makes information knowledge, what makes it empowering is the way in which it can be integrated within an identity of participation. When information does not build up to an identity of participation, it remains alien, literal, unnegotiable. Her PoP is regarding building teachers' identities and building those up. What is suggests regarding our conversations about research, keep an open mind about it, it becomes more valuable like buy in. Outside quote - Hammond page 171, If universities are to continue to contribute to the education of teachers they need to pursue ideals of practice and truth building, honoring practice with conjunction of research and experience, reach beyond their personal boundaries. Need to be active with our research.
Ruby - making research meaningful, focus and pull what we need, need to share research, try to get them to understand what it means to them. Page 250, with respect to newcomers, it may be better to interspace moments of information sharing with moments of peripheral engagement and practice, download all the constant training and call that learning. How to influence people from intrapersonal to interpersonal dialogues. Giving small tidbits of information
Brennan - page 275, in order to combine engagement, imagination, and alignment, learning communities cannot be isolated. They must use the world around them as a learning resource and be a resource for the world. Our contexts, local and larger, research links these together.
Step 3. Determine your Leadership Challenge/new leadership challenge
Based on your own quotes/ideas from Wenger, your workplace experiences, and new insights you developed as you reflected on your peers’ work, what behavior do you want to experiment with/try out for your leadership challenge in the next few days? (Write one sentence.)