Resources
Introduction To PBI
These resources are selected to be good introductions to Practice-Based Inquiry. All of them are available as downloads.
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Publications
Answers to Basic Questions about Practice-Based Inquiry®
Catalpa Ltd, October 2009.
Using the FAQ format, Answers provides the reader with a thorough introduction to PBI, based on the text of the website. View, Download »
Handbook for Practice-Based Inquiry®: The Abbreviated, Illustrated Version. Leslie Oh. Catalpa Ltd., 2009.
A big relief from all the words! Leslie Oh's imaginative drawings highlight many of the central ideas of Practice-Based Inquiry. View, Download »
The Results Are In: Examples of Conclusions from Practice-Based Inquiry® Catalpa Ltd. 2009
Examples from actual PBI school reports of conclusions, and Portraits (the team's summary of a school). View, Download »
A Video Introduction to Practice-Based Inquiry®
Catalpa Ltd. was founded "to bring practitioner practice into focus." This collection of videos by Tom Wilson, filmed in 2008, introduces Catalpa and Practice-Based Inquiry. Learn what Tom sees as the most important features of PBI and why he has devoted 17 years of his professional life to its study, development and advocacy.
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Team Training PowerPoint
This presentation is used to introduce team members to PBI.
Click here to view » (PowerPoint viewer required)
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than no idea. …That's the way science works. An
idea can be tested, whereas if you have no idea, nothing can
be tested and you don't understand anything."
---- James D. Watson , Biologist
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