Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments
Volume
6
Issue
2
Publisher
Susanne E. Hall, Ed. & Pub.
Publication Date
8-17-2022
First Page
134
Last Page
141
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Abstract
The Inquiry Journal Facilitation is a project that helps preservice teachers develop habits of mind for engaging in critical dialogue about the situations they confront in their teaching contexts. In this project, preservice teachers compose a piece of writing that examines an idea, question, or issue that emerges from their clinical teaching site and lead an inquiry-based discussion about the ideas raised in their writing. Pairing the activity of writing with the activity of discussion creates a context for preservice teachers to create "exploratory speech" (Smagorinsky, 2013) collaboratively. In doing so, preservice teachers practice intellectual moves–framing observations, explaining those constructions, and posing questions–that are essential for teacher-learning.
Recommended Citation
Rivera-Mueller, Jessica. "Inquiry Journal Facilitation: A Writing Assignment for Practicing Exploratory Speech." Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, vol. 6, no. 2, 2022, pp. 134-141.
