TY - JOUR AU - Rivera-Mueller, Jessica PY - 2022/08/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Inquiry Journal Facilitation : A Writing Assignment for Practicing Exploratory Speech JF - Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments JA - Prompt VL - 6 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.31719/pjaw.v6i2.109 UR - https://thepromptjournal.com/index.php/prompt/article/view/109 SP - AB - <p>The Inquiry Journal Facilitation is a project that helps preservice teachers develop habits of mind for engaging in critical dialogue about the situations they confront in their teaching contexts. In this project, preservice teachers compose a piece of writing that examines an idea, question, or issue that emerges from their clinical teaching site and lead an inquiry-based discussion about the ideas raised in their writing. Pairing the activity of writing with the activity of discussion creates a context for preservice teachers to create “exploratory speech” (Smagorinsky, 2013) collaboratively. In doing so, preservice teachers practice intellectual moves—framing observations, explaining those constructions, and posing questions—that are essential for teacher-learning.</p> ER -