GROW

GROW Conversations
'In a GTC survey of more than 4,000 teachers shows that a substantial majority gain their inspiration for their most effective lessons from talking with colleagues.'


 * **Purpose and direction of questioning** || **Sample openers and question stems** ||
 * Narrative || Tell us about… ||
 * || What happened? ||
 * || What happened next? ||
 * Description || How would you describe it? ||
 * Connecting to previous knowledge || When have you come across anything similar ? ||
 * || What did it remind you of? ||
 * Connecting to external research or practice || How do you think that compares with what … wrote on that issue? ||
 * Finding analogies and metaphors || What does this remind you of? ||
 * || What sound, image or picture you would use to describe this? ||
 * Analysis || What are the implications of…? ||
 * || Describe what you think led up to this or what caused it. ||
 * || How does it affect…? ||
 * Conceptual development || What general principles can you draw from that? ||
 * || If you were to put those ideas into a model or diagram, how would you draw them? ||
 * Challenge || What would be the counter-argument to what you are saying? ||
 * || Let’s look at some different perspectives on this. ||
 * || Can I play back to you what you have just said? ||
 * Self-awareness || How did you feel…? ||
 * || What would an observer have noted about your behaviour, tone of voice…? ||
 * || What reasons did you give for…? ||
 * || Were there any reasons that you didn’t make public, but were present? ||
 * Identifying with others || What did you observe about…’s actions? ||
 * || Did you make any inference about that at the time? ||
 * || Do you now? ||
 * Application and action || What would happen if…? ||
 * || How can …be used to…? ||
 * || What’s the worst that can happen? ||
 * || Let’s look at all the options. ||
 * || Do you have other examples of this? ||
 * || What are your next steps? ||
 * Explicit reference to the learning process || What have we learned? ||
 * || What did the process show us? ||
 * || Do we have a new model for…? ||