Double Entry Journal #12

Social Significance of Questioning in Social Discourse

I learned that current classroom communication relies heavily on teacher initiated questioning, student response, and then the teacher will evaluate the student response. Students simply give teachers the response they want to hear and often fear answering incorrectly. Students should be given the freedom to speak more freely in the classroom to provoke a deeper understanding.

I found it interesting how much the communication in the classroom relies on the teacher and their line of questioning. I was also interested using questioning that promotes higher order thinking skills.

I understand that we need to give students more freedom to ask their own questions. How do we encourage this type of thinking in students who are already set in the traditional methods of teacher initiated questions?

Reflection: learning to ask essential questions

Essential questions provide a bridge between student lives and the content. Using essential questioning can lead to a meaningful understanding of the material. Project based learning can easily expand and extend into more areas.