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A study group is a collection of people who gather together to examine a topic they have agreed to study.  Groups are often formed out of a recognized need or interest. 

Professional educators often initiate study groups in recognition of the importance to constantly be learners themselves.  Study groups afford participants a forum for learning together, planning together, testing ideas together, and reflecting together.  The following are general characteristics of study groups:

  • Participants in study groups construct knowledge through research, interaction with selected materials and collegial discourse.
  • All participants acknowledge that each person brings expertise to the group and that everyone has a contribution to make.  Study groups provide an avenue for renewal, an atmosphere of companionship and an opportunity for growth.
  • Participants make a commitment to create new knowledge and to use this knowledge to positively affect perspectives, policies and practice.”

ASCD - 1996 ASCD Professional Inquiry Kit

“At the deepest level it (dialogue) is about the development and transformative power of the collective mind.”

David Peat Infinite Potential