Beautiful Questions in the Classroom

Publisher's Acknowledgments About the Authors Foreword Introduction Chapter 1. Why Questioning Matters Now More Than Ever What This Means for Students and Their Teachers Critical Thinking Is Even More Critical Now Questions Give Humans an Edge Over Technology Producing Future Leaders Chapter 2. What Discourages Student Questioning? The Decline of Kids' Questions The Five Enemies of Classroom Questioning Chapter 3. Model the Behavior Become a "Beautiful Questioner" Start With Why Become a Student of Your Own Work Adopt a "Beginner's Mind" Be Curious in the Classroom Chapter 4. Create a Culture of Inquiry in the Classroom Foster an Appreciation of Questioning Create a Stimulating Environment for Questioning Make It Safe to Question Make Questioning a Team Sport Provide a Basic Questioning "Starter Kit" Reward and Celebrate Questioning Chapter 5. Inspire and Activate Student Questions Provoke Curiosity See Think Wonder Release the Questions! The Question Formulation Technique The Origins of the QFT Learning to Use the QFT in Classrooms The Question Focus The Question Generation Stage Chapter 6. Help Students Improve and Take Ownership of Their Questions Improve the Questions That Have Been Generated Other Ways to Improve Questions Evaluate and Prioritize Questions Reflect on What Has Been Learned Take Ownership of Questions Turn Questions Into Projects Help Students Find Their Own, Personal Big Beautiful Questions Chapter 7. Be a Questioning Leader (in Your School, Community, and the World) Ask Questions That Clarify Ask Questions That Help You Rethink and Reinvent Ask Questions That Help You Help Others Ask Questions That Can Help You Enact Change Taking Action References Resources Index