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The leader's role in Shared Inquiry Discussion is to be open and curious. Click on a quality listed below; details will appear to the right.
A good leader of Shared Inquiry Discussion is:
The Basic Leader Training Course is designed to help people learn how the leader’s role can become a dynamic dimension of their own teaching style.
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Not an Explainer
Discovery and insight represent a deeper, more active form of learning. When a teacher begins to explain a story, students no longer need or want to develop an interpretation of their own. The student never learns that she could have made sense of it for herself.
Because she poses a genuine question for Shared Inquiry Discussion, the leader is able to resist the temptation to explain, and can maintain an environment in which students feel encouraged to think for themselves.
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