more on focus groups

Perhaps we could plan and run a series of focus groups/workshops on different topics and different aspects of teaching. Micro-skills, learning styles... or we run workshops in the skills areas and focus groups to find out what concerns teachers have - how to engage students, how to build positive relationships with students, how to encourage students to collaborate, etc... The two could feed into each other, ie we could run workshops addressing the areas of concern identified in the focus groups. We can also pool expertise from both activities, I mean draw out and disseminate the knowledge and experience teachers have. This process would also be a way of raising awareness and of being very inclusive in how we develop our program.