Why CD?

Cooperative development is best seen as exploratory spoken discourse. As such it is an ideal complement to action research or exploratory practice. It is a way of exploring our practice and formulating ideas, plans and next steps. As practitioners, we realize that our professional development is largely in our own hands. However, there is often a lack of space, time or support. There can be a sense of isolation and a feeling of overwhelming pressure and contradictory demands and information. CD is not presented here as some sort of cure-all but many teachers and researchers have found that it provides a way of working that encourages us to look more closely at ourselves, our choices, puzzles and development.