Imaginative Inquiry

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I'm exploring how I can use Mantle of the Expert (or imaginative inquiry) to teach social skills within small group circle time sessions. It is inspiring seeing videos such as this one below to see what learning using this pedagogy can be like.


The first step will be carefully planning the sessions including scripting key parts of the lesson to ensure my language is inductive rather than instructive. I need to plan for and practise using this inductive language so it becomes fluent and natural.

Learning notes below for inductive language copied from Tim Taylor's Mantle of the Expert online course:

Inductive language:
- Invitational – it invites students to participate: “If you were...” “Perhaps we might...” “Shall we try...” 
- Collaborative – this is something we are doing together: “How shall we start...” “Can we all agree...” “What do you suppose...” 
- Questioning – there is something under investigation: “Did you notice...” “How could that happen...” “What might be wrong...” 
- Contingent - “It might mean...” “I wonder if...” “If you were...” (in Mantle of the Expert the teacher will rarely say ‘we have to’ and never say ‘you have to’) 
- Low threat (high challenge) – “Would you mind...” “Just for a moment...” “Let’s spend a bit of time...” 
- Non-interrogatory – like in a conversation – “I was wondering...” “There was a time when...” “It does seem strange that...” 
- Authentic – that is treating the fiction as if it is real (the teacher is not pretending) – “I was told...” “Did you discover anything useful...” “I don’t know about anyone else, but...” 
- Often uses ‘we’ and ‘us’, but not always, and very rarely ‘me’ - “If you had the chance...” “We could start by...” What might this mean to our...”

Drama can build a sense of community. Seeing the student learning, participation and contribution that happened during our drama sessions with Beth and Katie it will be good to reignite/build on using drama with our students. 


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