Course Description
Emphasizes the lifelong power of inquiry and writing and the
importance of teacher leadership and equity in education.
Immersed in a community of writers and inquirers, students will
investigate inquiry-based and writing pedagogies and also design
their own inquiry projects.
Athena Title
Equity in Education
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ETAP 7330E
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to investigate theories and practices of inquiry-based pedagogies.
- Students will be able to read and examine theories of writing and writing pedagogies.
- Students will be able to explore how writing and inquiry can facilitate teacher leadership.
- Students will be able to study theories and practices of equity in education.
- Students will be able to design classroom spaces and practices for inquiry and for writing.
- Students will be able to form inquiry/writing groups for burning questions and responsive feedback.
- Students will be able to write for different purposes and audiences.
- Students will be able to design an inquiry project focused on the intersection of writing, teaching, and equity in global and local spaces that enable teacher leadership.
Topical Outline
- 1. Teacher as leader/designer of inquiry-based pedagogies
- 2. Teacher as leader of equity practices and projects
- 3. Teacher as writer and researcher: developing habitual practices of writing and inquiry in the service of leadership
- 4. The enabling conditions of space and place in teaching, writing, inquiry, and leadership
- 5. What researchers say about writing and teaching writing
- 6. Whole group, small group, and individual writing instruction
- 7. Designing an inquiry project
- 8. Engaging with an inquiry group throughout the course
- 9. Crafting pedagogies and lessons learned from the inquiry through writing and presentations
- 10. Teacher as collaborative leader
- 11. Facilitating writing groups
- 12. Providing writing feedback
- 13. Accepting and incorporating writing feedback
- 14. Presenting the findings of inquiry projects to different audiences
- 15. Possibilities of teacher leadership based on writing and inquiry
