The Cycle:

Cycle of Enactment and Investigation

(Lampert, Franke, Kazemi, Ghousseini, Turrou, Beasley, Cunard, & Crowe, 2013, Journal of Teacher Education )

Cycle of Enactment and Investigation (CEI)

Our Reading and Math Methods courses are structured around a set of purposefully-chosen Instructional Activities (IA's). We engage our NTs in Cycles of Enactment and Investigation around these IAs. A core component of this model is for NTs to engage in regular teaching and learning experiences with their elementary partner "buddies", taking into account reflective discussions of previous enactments (if any) and what they are learning about their "buddies" as individuals and as small groups.

Observation & Analysis (1&2)

NT's first experience with a new IA can occur in a number of ways: participating as a learner as the TE engages the group in the IA, observing the IA in action in the partner classroom (sometimes led by the host teacher, sometimes by the TE), and/or watching a classroom video. After this opening experience with the IA, the TE supports the group to collectively analyze the IA to detail and reflect upon the learning opportunities available within the IA. Read more about Observation & Analysis.

Preparation & Rehearsal (3&4)

NTs work in small groups to plan their own enactment of the IA with their elementary partner "buddies", usually one week before the planned enactment. Just before the enactment (usually the morning of), the TE facilitates rehearsal of these enactments, giving NTs an opportunity to lead their plans (as peers participate as students) with opportunities for in-the-moment coaching and reflection. Read more about Preparation & Rehearsal.

Enactment with Buddies & Analysis (5 & 6)

NTs now get to facilitate their planned IA with their small group of "buddies". As one NT takes the lead role that week, other NTs may video and/or note-take as they participate with the group of students. After enactments, the small groups of NTs focus on a chosen piece of video for analysis and leverage the specific interactions within this video to further their ideas of individual and group learning for future enactments.

Read more about Enactment with Buddies & Analysis.

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