The series outlined the seven stages required to complete a full research investigation using a model called the Research Cycle . This material is now available in the electronic book, Net Profit in a Post Modem World . We are fighting a long school history of topical research. This tradition has led to information gathering but little analysis or thought. Essential questions set students and staff free from this tedious and wasteful ritual.
Research becomes motivating and meaningful.
They derive from some deep wish to understand some thing which matters to us. They must be invented. It is something like cooking a great meal. Students must construct their own answers and make their own meaning from the information they have gathered. They create insight.