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9780807744680

The Facilitator's Book of Questions

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807744680

  • ISBN10:

    0807744689

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-04-01
  • Publisher: Teachers College Pr

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Summary

This book is an essential tool for facilitators of groups using protocols, or structured conversations, to collaboratively review student and teacher work. A follow-up to Looking Together at Student Workand Assessing Student Learning, this resource considers the purposes for engaging in collborative review and provides some of the most effective strategies for using protocols to support successful group work. The text includes activities that facilitators can use to apply the frameworks and resources provided in this book.

Author Biography

David Allen is a researcher at the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching (NCREST), Teachers College, Columbia University Tina Blythe is a researcher with Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and teaches in the faculty development program of the Boston Architectural Center

Table of Contents

Foreword by Gene Thompson-Grove xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1(8)
Why a Book of Questions for Facilitators?
3(1)
Why a Book of Questions for Facilitators of Protocols?
3(1)
What Do We Mean by Student Work and Teacher Work?
3(1)
Who Is This Book For?
4(1)
How Is This Book Organized?
5(2)
What Doesn't This Book Do?
7(1)
How Might This Book Be Used?
8(1)
Chapter 1 What Are Protocols and How Do They Work? 9(16)
What Is a Protocol?
9(2)
The Purposes of a Protocol
11(1)
The Anatomy of a Protocol
12(8)
The Spirit of a Protocol
20(2)
The Authority of a Protocol
22(1)
Beyond the Protocol
23(2)
Chapter 2 How Are Protocols Different from
Other Kinds of Professional Development?
25(1)
What's So Special About Protocols?
26(4)
What Does This Mean for the Facilitator's Role in a Protocol?
30(3)
Chapter 3 What Do Facilitators Do? The Big Picture 33(11)
Facilitating Learning, Logistics, and Longevity
33(3)
Facilitators' "Thinking Dispositions": Reading, Responding, and Reflecting
36(8)
Chapter 4 What Do Facilitators Do in a Protocol? 44(22)
Getting a Protocol (and Each Individual Step of the Protocol) Started
46(5)
Moving Through the Protocol
51(7)
Debriefing the Protocol
58(1)
An Example: Moves in the Context of a Protocol
59(6)
Summing Up
65(1)
Chapter 5 What Kinds of Questions Get Asked in a Protocol? 66(9)
Focusing Questions
67(3)
Clarifying Questions
70(1)
Probing Questions
71(4)
Chapter 6 What Happens Before and After Protocols? 75(13)
Before the Meeting
75(10)
After the Meeting
85(3)
Chapter 7 How Do Facilitators Choose, Adapt, and Create Protocols? 88(12)
Choosing an Appropriate Protocol
88(4)
Making Adjustments, Adapting Protocols, and Creating New Protocols
92(8)
Chapter 8 What Are the Challenges of Facilitating Protocols? 100(17)
Time Is Running Out
101(1)
The Group Is Too Big
102(1)
Participants Have a Hard Time Sticking With the Protocol
103(2)
Participants Rush to Evaluate or Judge the Work Being Presented
105(1)
Participants Seem Reluctant to Offer Challenging Feedback
106(2)
The Presenting Teacher's Presentation Wanders or Expands
108(1)
The Presenting Teacher Uses Her Response Time for Something Other than Response
109(1)
Participants Turn to Other Participants, or to the Facilitator, as an Expert on the Content
110(1)
The Facilitator Is Uncertain Whether to Participate in the Content of the Conversation or Stick to Facilitating the Process
111(1)
The Facilitator Feels a Bit Hesitant or Unsure of Her Skills
112(1)
One or More Participants Deliberately Resist Participating in the Protocol
113(4)
Chapter 9 How Do Facilitators Get Better? 117(8)
Observing and Emulating
117(1)
Experimenting
118(1)
Asking for Feedback
119(1)
Reflecting
119(2)
Documenting
121(4)
Appendix A: Additional Resources 125(2)
Appendix B: Activities 127(12)
References 139(2)
About the Authors 141

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