GlossaryGuide

Etym. advocate (n.) mid-14c., “one whose profession is to plead cases in a court of justice,” a technical term from Roman law. Also in Middle English as “one who intercedes for another,” and “protector, champion, patron.”

Etym. inquest (n.) mid-15c., enquery, from enquere (see ‘inquire’). From Latin methodus “way of teaching or going,” from Greek methodos “scientific inquiry,” method of inquiry, investigation.

Definition

• A method of debriefing in which an observer states what was observed or performed in a simulation activity (advocacy) or shares critical or appreciative insights about it explicitly (advocacy) and then asks the learners for an explanation of their thoughts or actions (inquiry)(Rudolph et al, 2007).
• Inquiry seeks to learn what others think, know, want, or feel; whereas advocacy includes statements that communicate what an individual thinks, knows, wants or feels (Bolman & Deal, 2013).