1. ITL Teaching and Learning Conference, June 2008 Cooperative inquiry in a business school: scope, process and dimensions Fara Azmat, Fiona Graetz, Pauline Hagel, Di Waddell School of Management and Marketing

2. Project 2: Action research project: Learning and Teaching in a Business School Project 1: HRM and Management Unit Review Vehicle for commencing dialogue and initiating ongoing projects Project 3: Literature review: - Linking practice, research and the scholarship of teaching Project 4: Benchmarking units and curricula against peer universities, domestic and overseas Project 5: Researching the student experience – current and post graduation Whole of project evaluation, monitoring, reporting and dissemination Actions and practices underpinned by scholarship; Practice/reflection leads to further research Project X... Ongoing projects expected to arise in the process of inquiry Review Practice Evaluation Reflection Unit team inquiry Figure 1: Cooperative Inquiry - Overview

3. I ntegrating Individual and Institutional Needs Personal Goals Teaching objective Research objective Review of Management /HRM units -Deakin Strategic Plan -Teaching and Learning Plan 2008-2012 -Teaching and Learning Review - Deakins’ Teaching & Learning Targets - improve student satisfaction -improve student retention -improve quality of teaching -improve graduate outcomes Deakin's Research Targets - promote vibrant culture of research - increase research outcomes Individual needs Deakin’s need Integration Figure 2:

4. A space for discussion, reflection and learning…about teaching “Cygnus loop: high speed gas from a supernova explosion slams into dark cooler clouds of interstellar material. Shocked and heated by this tidal wave of energy, the clouds glow in bright, neon-like colors.” http://www.jessanderson.org/doc/deep_space.html