Using questions to pull and change things around until a new, better version emerges. How is the tool which fixes the broken furnace and changes the way we get cash from a bank. How inspires the software folks to keep sending us upgrades and hardware folks to create faster chips. How is the question which enables the suitor to capture his or her lover's heart. How is the reformer's passion and the hero's faith.
Most studies report that student questions are an endangered species.
There have always been plenty of questions in schools, but most of them have come from the teacher, often at the rate of one question every 2-3 seconds. The most important questions of all are those asked by students as they try to make sense out of data and information. These are the questions which enable students to Make Up Their Own Minds . Sadly, most studies of classroom exchanges in the past few decades report that student questions have been an endangered species for quite some time. Information-savvy schools should adopt a basic questioning toolkit and then blend it explicitly into each curriculum area where such skills belong.