Monday.

Inquiry.

Inquiry.

and when you finish inquiring...

Inquire some more.

The RWL department of Penn GSE breathes practitioner inquiry. It is the life-blood of the program. It is our filter.

• It is the ham to our burger... 
• It's the butter to our popcorn...
• It's the paper to our printer...
• It's the electric to our computer...
• It's the sugar to our Kool Aid...
• It's the tires to our car...
• It's the battery to our phone...
• It's the carbon to our molecules...
• It's the dipping sauce to our chicken nuggets...
• It's gravity to our earth... 
• It's the lead to our pencil...
• It's the ink to our pen...
• Its the ....I must inquire for more.

Yes, practitioner inquiry is that important to our program. You will unlearn what you know and relearn through it. Unfamiliar with Practitioner Inquiry?  Please read up on the "mother of" Practitioner Inquiry: Dr. Susan Lytle.

Practitioner Inquiry and the Practice of Teaching: Some Thoughts on Better

 

By: Susan Lytle
Date: February 2008
Summary: Susan Lytle, founding director of the Philadelphia Writing Project, observes that teacher-researchers aim primarily to teach better, a theme she finds illuminated in a physician-written book about the practice of medicine.