Reading: Henderson chapter 4: Deliberative Inquiry
Disciplined Inquiry: Careful examination of a problem from several points of view in order to decide on a course of action is one aspect of individual and group deliberations.
- Personal Note: I think that it is extremely important to look at problems from multiple points of view. In situations where there are multiple parties involved one cannot simply think of it from one perspective.
Group deliberation as well as deliberating with oneself can open our eyes to new ways of looking at the teaching and learning problems that we encounter.
How deliberations are linked to teaching for democratic living;
To ensure that individuals take multiple perspectives into account when deliberating you should take into account 4 views:
- Student
- Teacher
- Subject
- Milieu (setting)
Depending on the problem and its context an individual or group may emphasize one or two views that are particularly relevant.
Personal note: This is interesting, I wonder how they decide how much weight to emphasize?
The aspects of deliberation satisfy the first two categories of democratic living:
- That moral conduct is best practices through intellect rather than through habit or custom is seen in the creativity of the participants in a deliberation.
- Deliberative inquiry is a continuing process.
The four elements of deliberative Inquiry:
- Creating a caring environment that minimizes fear and multiple points of view
- Exploring and defining problems from multiple points of view
- Generating creative solutions through the consideration of differing perspectives
- Selecting and assessing the outcomes of a particular course of action