CIQ Questions

Some centres that are involved in the research have had difficulty in the past accessing some of the documents from google docs. Therefore, I have attached the questions to this post.

Copy and paste the following comments into the dated CIQ post (click comment at the bottom to post) for the lesson you have just conducted. Then, answer the questions. Questions below:

1. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most engaged with what was happening?



2. At what moment in the class this week did you feel most distanced from what was happening?



3. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find most affirming and helpful?



4. What action that anyone (teacher or student) took in class this week did you find the most confusing puzzling?


5. What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

CIQ Declaration

Dear participant/Student

I would like to ask you to participate in the data collection for a work-based study into the use of an electronic Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ). For the purposes of this work-based study the questionnaire will be used to discover how you are experiencing teaching sessions. Its usefulness is underlined by the experience that student responses often differ markedly from what teachers have expected on the basis of their own feelings in the classroom (Brookfield 1995: 95-96).  

The CIQ requires you to answer five questions that describe aspects of teaching sessions, prompting teachers to think about what is helping or hindering their learning so far. Your responses are anonymous and you are encouraged to keep a copy too for review at the end of the course and for your own records. You will be asked to complete the CIQ at the end of each class and are the same every week.

Brookfield began giving students a voice, in this particular way, in the era of carbon paper! But nowadays the facilities available to us include electronic mail and virtual learning environments. Therefore, we will be asking you to submit your electronic CIQ to the specific CIQ page on the course blog.

Your participation in this work-based study is entirely voluntary. Filling in the survey will take no more than 5 minutes. The information you provide is confidential. All of your CIQ responses are anonymous and therefore no participant’s names will be used. If you request confidentiality, beyond anonymised quotes, information you provide will be treated only as a source of background information, alongside literature-based research and potential interviews with other participants.

Your name or any other personal identifying information will not appear in any publications resulting from this study. The information gained from this interview will only be used for the above objectives, will not be used for any other purpose and will not be recorded in excess of what is required for the research.

Even though the study findings will be published in a Thesis, international conferences and journals, only relevant researchers will have access to the anonymous CIQ responses. These researchers will be bound by the principles outlined above. There are no known or anticipated risks to you as a participant in this work-based study.

If you have any questions regarding this study or would like additional information please contact the work-based study researcher (p.smith7@unimail.derby.ac.uk).

By filling in the CIQ (every occasion) you indicate that you understand its purpose and consent to the use of the data as indicated above. This is a completely voluntary request and should you decide not to complete the CIQ at any point during the work-based study, the data you have already entered up to that point will be used.
Thank you for your cooperation

Paul Smith, University of Derby Research Student

The Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ)

CIQ

Currently I am in the process of conducting research into effective critical reflection within an educational environment. This Research is in conjunction with the Centre for Educational Research, University of Derby.

It is my intention to use Stephen Brookfield's Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ) to gain knowledge of individual student perspectives.

So what is critical reflection?

"When we reflect, we not only challenge our assumptions about why we do what we do, we can also help ourselves identify where we feel lacking and why we may be setting ourselves unnecessarily unachievable standards. How can we reflect on our approaches to our practice? What can we do? What can we uncover in the process?" (Hillier, 2005)

"To put it briefly, reflection becomes critical when it has two distinctive purposes. The first is to understand how considerations of power undergird, frame, and distort educational processes and interactions. The second is to question assumptions and practices that seem to make our teaching lives easier but actually work against our own best long-term interests." (Brookfield, 1995)

Please read the guidance notes before you complete the CIQ.

CIQ Guidance Notes for students

CIQ Questionnaire

Using the CIQ

Reflection Guidance - Gibbs Reflective Cycle

All you need to do is just before the end of the lesson click on the “CIQ Questionnaire” link and either fill in their responses to the questions on that page or download the document and complete in word; copy the questions and their responses; click on the comments tab (in blue writing; it probably says 0 comments to start with) at the bottom of the page and then paste their response in the comments box at the bottom of the page.

It is important to remember that they will need to change the “comment as” option to “Anonymous” as it is important that I do not know the identities of any individual who makes the post.

Furthermore, remember to keep a copy of your CIQ (save it as a word document) for your own records.

Thanks!