Table of Contents
About the Authors vii
Introduction 1
The Promises and Problems of Collaborative Cultures 2
What You'll Find in This Book 3
The Road to Learning 5
Chapter 1 Developing Cultures of Collaborative Inquiry 7
Shifting Values, Shifting Cultures 7
Defining, Developing, and Sustaining High-Performing Cultures 10
Describing the Seven Qualities of High-Performing Groups 10
Drawing on Feedback 15
Exercise Your Learning 19
Extend Your Learning 20
Scaled Group Inventory 21
Self-Assessment Inventory 22
Chapter 2 Introducing the Collaborative Learning Cycle 25
Activating and Engaging: Surfacing Experiences and Expectations 26
Exploring and Discovering: Analyzing the Data 29
Organizing and Integrating: Generating Theory 33
Exercise Your Learning 38
Extend Your Learning 38
Reflecting on Your Experience 39
Chapter 3 Avoiding Reality Wars 41
Pursuing Meaningful Data 41
Searching for Root Causes 43
Pursuing Worthy Problems 45
Identifying Causal Theories 46
Exercise Your Learning 49
Extend Your Learning 49
Choosing Which Data to Collect 51
Chapter 4 Knowing the Data Fundamentals 53
Two Types of Data: Qualitative and Quantitative 54
Triangulation and Disaggregation 58
Dimensions of Data 60
Visually Effective Data Displays 65
Exercise Your Learning 69
Extend Your Learning 70
Information Altitudes Exercise 71
Types of Survey Questions 72
Chapter 5 Developing High-Performing Groups 75
Group Member Knowledge and Skill 75
Skills for Talking About Data 80
Methods for Assessing Growth 85
Exercise Your Learning 87
Extend Your Learning 87
Four Dynamical Tensions: Assessing Your Groups Membership 88
Four Dynamical Tensions: Assessing Your Leadership 89
Four Dynamical Tensions: Assessing Your Group 90
Stages of Group Development 91
Group Work Structures 92
Chapter 6 Moving From Dialogue to Discussion to Decision Making 95
Three Constraints to Productive Discourse 96
The Tools for Talking 98
Dialogue: Divergent Discourse for Opening Choice 100
Discussion: Convergent Discourse for Clarifying Priorities 102
Decision Making: Convergent Discourse on Choice 103
Exercise Your Learning 109
Extend Your Learning 110
Spend-a-Buck 111
Chapter 7 Evolving Decisions Into Actions 113
Common Barriers to Effective Planning 113
Intervention Planning Template: A Graphic Planning Tool 115
Planning as a Learning Process, and Learning as a Planning Process 119
Exercise Your Learning 121
Extend Your Learning 121
Intervention Planning Template 123
References and Resources 125
Index 131
