Full Description
Thinking Collaboratively is a theoretical and practical guide to thinking and learning in deep and meaningful ways within purposeful communities of inquiry. Critical thinking has long been recognized as an important educational goal but, until now, has largely been conceived and operationalized as an individual attitude and ability. Increasingly, however, a more relevant and complete cognitive construct has been emerging: thinking collaboratively. Thinking collaboratively is the means to inquire, test, and apply new understandings, and to make sense of the information that bombards us continuously. In short, thinking collaboratively is required to flourish in our highly connected world and, in this book based on more than a decade of research, Garrison provides an essential introduction to this vital concept.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Foundational Constructs
Technology
Critical thinking
The Community of Inquiry
Summary
Chapter 2: Thinking and Learning
Critical and Reflective Thinking
Collaborative Constructivism
Community and Collaboration
Collaboration and Competition
Metacognition and Regulation
Summary
Chapter 3: Technology and Thinking
Technological Innovations
Technology Enhanced Approaches
Summary
Chapter 4: A New Era
Distance Education
Campus-Based Education
Online Learning
Summary
Chapter 5: The Community of Inquiry
Communities of Inquiry
Inquiry
Deep Approaches to Learning
The Community of Inquiry Framework
Metacognition
Summary
Chapter 6: Community of Inquiry Research
A Coherent Framework
Social Presence
Cognitive presence
Teaching Presence
Shared Metacognition
Summary
Chapter 7: Principles of Practice
Principles
Design
Facilitation
Direction
Assessment
Summary
Chapter 8: Leading Collaboratively
Collaboration and Bureaucracy
Initiating and Sustaining Change
Faculty Development
Summary
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Appendix A: Community of Inquiry Survey Instrument
Appendix B: Shared Metacognition Survey Instrument
References
Index
