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Use of Appreciative Inquiry in Education
[edit]Appreciative Inquiry is an approach that believes, improvement is more engaging when the focus is made on the strengths rather than the weakness. It’s human to respond to comments that are in favor rather than those that are against. This could be a very powerful tool which can be used in the field of Education. Children of today are very sensitive and make decisions in haste which sometimes costs them their lives. In such situation AI plays a very vital role.[1]
Appreciative Inquiry in the educational sector can amplify the motivation of the students and help them to become better achievers.It involves the discovery of what gives "life" to the living when it is most alive and effective.AI brings about social change in the pupil as there is an enhancement of only the positives in them. The system of education can be based on the five principles which will bring out a holistic approach and a change in behavior. AI focuses on the speed of imagination rather than the negative and common policy that are used by most teachers to reprimand their students.[2]
AI stresses more on the Social constructivist approach which rely on meaning and not on significance. Allows a student to be potentially free from any kind of bondage or control. AI gives an opportunity for the students to showcase their innovative side rather than just rote memory. This in turn makes them an autonomous learner.The students are able to understand their strengths every time their potentials are amplified. [3]Use of this in the educational sector would bring about a sea of difference as there would be more room for amplifying the existing positive energy.
References
[edit]- ^ Dickerson, Mark S. (April 2011). "BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL CULTURE USING APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY". International Refereed Research Journal. Vol.– II, (Issue–2).
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Shuayb, Maha; Sharp, Caroline; Judkins, Michelle; Hetherington, Monica (February 2009). "Using Appreciative Inquiry in Educational Research: Possibilities and Limitations". National Foundation for Education Research 2009.
- ^ Giles, David (November 2008). "An appreciative inquiry into the transformative learning experiences of students in a family literacy project". Australian Journal of Adult Learning. Volume 48 (Number 3).
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