Taking Teacher Inquiry into Higher Education: A Dialogue in Four Parts

Abstract

Practitioner inquiry methodology, applied in primary and secondary schools worldwide, provides a structure for systematic study of an instructor's own teaching practice in order to address a self-identified instructional dilemma. This methodology holds promise for improving teaching in higher education as well. In this dialogue, two faculty members at research institutions discuss, and give an example of, how practitioner inquiry can improve the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education.