Shared Inquiry Discussions
The leader of a shared inquiry discussion not only prepares the interpretive questions that initiate discussion, but also regulates its flow. Leaders challenge participants’ unclear, factually inaccurate, or contradictory statements; follow up on participants’ answers; ask for evidence and invite further responses. If participants digress from the main point, the leader’s responsibility is to redirect attention with a question. When a question has been resolved leaders must recognize and then, by arranging a new interpretive question, direct the group’s efforts toward yet another problem of meaning.
Interpretive Questions
The main purpose of shared inquiry discussion is interpretation, because interpretations will …show more content…
A question that is from the reader’s response to the work and any curiosity about it that is still unresolved and a matter of doubt.
Characteristics of Interpretive Questions
Interpretive questions call for a careful evaluation of what the author manes in a work. To decide if a question is interpretive, you should be able to write at least two different answers to it, to support each answer use evidence from the selection.
The question should express doubt and curiosity. There are several answers that look equally compelling, and there may be reason to believe that satisfactory answers will be found through discussion. Honest doubt encourages others to take the question seriously.
The question should be specific to the work, if the question can be asked, with only little changes, about other written works, then it is too general. For example, the question “Why does Antigone have a sad ending?” is not specific. But “Is Antigone doomed because she is the daughter of Oedipus, or does she determine her own fate?” is more specific. Its is therefore , easier to …show more content…
The aim in shared inquiry is to understand what the author has actually said. The “facts of the matter” are the author’s words, which everyone has in front of them. The To be used in discussion where it seems critical to understanding some vital aspect(s) of the reading leader should allow background information. This is a matter for the judgment of the discussion
The leader of a shared inquiry discussion not only prepares the interpretive questions that initiate discussion, but also regulates its flow. Leaders challenge participants’ unclear, factually inaccurate, or contradictory statements; follow up on participants’ answers; ask for evidence and invite further responses. If participants digress from the main point, the leader’s responsibility is to redirect attention with a question. When a question has been resolved leaders must recognize and then, by arranging a new interpretive question, direct the group’s efforts toward yet another problem of meaning.
Interpretive Questions
The main purpose of shared inquiry discussion is interpretation, because interpretations will …show more content…
A question that is from the reader’s response to the work and any curiosity about it that is still unresolved and a matter of doubt.
Characteristics of Interpretive Questions
Interpretive questions call for a careful evaluation of what the author manes in a work. To decide if a question is interpretive, you should be able to write at least two different answers to it, to support each answer use evidence from the selection.
The question should express doubt and curiosity. There are several answers that look equally compelling, and there may be reason to believe that satisfactory answers will be found through discussion. Honest doubt encourages others to take the question seriously.
The question should be specific to the work, if the question can be asked, with only little changes, about other written works, then it is too general. For example, the question “Why does Antigone have a sad ending?” is not specific. But “Is Antigone doomed because she is the daughter of Oedipus, or does she determine her own fate?” is more specific. Its is therefore , easier to …show more content…
The aim in shared inquiry is to understand what the author has actually said. The “facts of the matter” are the author’s words, which everyone has in front of them. The To be used in discussion where it seems critical to understanding some vital aspect(s) of the reading leader should allow background information. This is a matter for the judgment of the discussion