AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-2
Lauren Bruneau
{"title":"Pause-Reboot-SOAR: Supporting Champlain College Students During the Pandemic","authors":"Lauren Bruneau","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-2","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes the process and tools used in facilitating each stage of the Pause, Reboot, SOAR program, including challenges in implementation and strategies to improve future iterations of academic recovery programming to increase student retention and persistence to graduation.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114462991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-5
Deependra Budhathoki, Binod Pd. Pant
{"title":"Is Appreciative Inquiry a Future Possibility in Nepali Mathematics Teaching?","authors":"Deependra Budhathoki, Binod Pd. Pant","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-5","url":null,"abstract":"The authors conducted a narrative study with three mathematics teachers in Nepal to explore their perceptions about using Appreciative Inquiry in their teaching. In a conversation that might not have been possible even a few years ago, the teachers perceived Appreciative Inquiry to be helpful to student learning and hoped it would be possible to implement it more fully in future.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126271749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-3
Miriam Subirana
{"title":"Sharing Successful Appreciative Inquiry Practices in Education","authors":"Miriam Subirana","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-3","url":null,"abstract":"The author facilitated sessions at the April 2022 AI Jam hosted by David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, based in the Robert P. Stiller School of Business at Champlain College, which shared the successes of several whole-system summits in education, some global, some local, that she was involved in during the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134492943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-7
Tracy Scott Selsor
{"title":"Appreciation is the Secret of Authentic Living: My Story of Appreciative Rehabilitation","authors":"Tracy Scott Selsor","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-7","url":null,"abstract":"In 1994 the author sat in a cell in Mule Creek State Prison, California, wondering if it was possible to change inmates’ resentment- and grievance-filled conversations to positive ones. His discovery of Appreciative Inquiry led to two ongoing programs: Bridging the Gap and, during the Covid pandemic, the Offender Narrative project. By the time he left the prison system, his programs had the support of the administration, staff, inmates – and thousands of participants. He plans to continue as a volunteer staff member.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"264 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133599485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-6
Jana Kiprovska
{"title":"Using Appreciative Inquiry to Tap into Millennials’ Strengths: One Millennial’s Perspective","authors":"Jana Kiprovska","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-6","url":null,"abstract":"The author of this article, a millennial herself, shares her thoughts about her generation’s attitude to work–life balance, setting priorities, problem-solving and the pressure to be ‘good at everything’. Her discovery of Appreciative Inquiry, she says, has changed the way she sees her reality and her approach to work – and may do the same for other millennials and the generations that follow.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133730872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-1
Shelagh Aitken
{"title":"The Open Issue, 2022","authors":"Shelagh Aitken","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-1","url":null,"abstract":"The contributions in this year’s Open issue of AI Practitioner range from first encounters with Appreciative Inquiry through the ripple effect of ‘what’s working’ and ‘what if’ conversations in places where you might not expect to find AI to a report on global summits of varying sizes and reach devoted, in multiple languages, to sharing successful educational practices so that more and more children are able to grow and flourish – and become the complete person we all have the potential to be.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123378061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-10
Traci J. Bellas, Denise Henning
{"title":"Returning to Hope: Pre-service Teachers’ Stories of Resilience Through the Covid Pandemic","authors":"Traci J. Bellas, Denise Henning","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-52-6-10","url":null,"abstract":"The Covid-19 pandemic means that teachers have faced significant stressors in relation to their work. They have been called upon to support students’ academic development and wellbeing throughout the transition to online teaching and learning, while navigating adversity and stress in their own lives. Using the AI Resilience framework, this study focuses on the stories of ten pre-service (future) teachers, navigating through Covid-19, and their resilience following the early waves of the pandemic as they work toward becoming fully licensed professionals.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122570064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-05-25DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-51-9-6
Miriam Subirana
{"title":"The Genius, the Craftsman and the Apprentice","authors":"Miriam Subirana","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-51-9-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-51-9-6","url":null,"abstract":"What does it take to be(come) a craftsperson, a thinking partner, an Appreciative Inquiry practitioner – or carpenter? We might consider the art of deliberate practice.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"187 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133447306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-05-25DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-51-9-2
A. Arnold
{"title":"Jamming with Love, Hope, Growth and Resilience","authors":"A. Arnold","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-51-9-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-51-9-2","url":null,"abstract":"It is probably not surprising from an AI Jam that, within a few hours, the topic went from the micro – the power of a smile – to the macro, in a session entitled Appreciative Inquiry’s Role in our Earthshot Moment.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129572208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AI PractitionerPub Date : 2022-05-25DOI: 10.12781/978-1-907549-51-915
Tracy W. Smith, Krista Terry Wojdak
{"title":"An Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Faculty-Led Institutional Change and Commitments","authors":"Tracy W. Smith, Krista Terry Wojdak","doi":"10.12781/978-1-907549-51-915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-51-915","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, two faculty leaders describe how they used the Define, Discover, Dream, Design and Deliver processes of Appreciative Inquiry to invite positive dialogue and strengths-based change with two institutional higher education initiatives – one focused on quality online teaching and one on a new approach to faculty mentoring and support. The authors describe strategies they used to lead each initiative in the direction of the combined positive energy and collective imagination of the group members.","PeriodicalId":298552,"journal":{"name":"AI Practitioner","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125729681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}