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Inquiry question

What were Barbara’s learning needs? What was her inquiry question?

“My learning needs were highlighted by the conversation I had with Fran.”

Barbara and Fran.

“I felt like I knew a lot of the theory about critical friends, and I believed in it, but was I really putting it into practice ? My conversation with Fran left me feeling that I could have done much better.

So my inquiry question became: ‘How can I be a more effective critical friend?’”

How does this inquiry question relate to your practice?

Describe a recent situation when you were acting as a critical friend.

What did you do?

Why did you act as you did?

How effective were you as a critical friend?

How do you know? What evidence do you have?

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