The Power of Questioning

Dedication
Foreword-Mark Barnes
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Setting the Stage for Inquiry and Self-Exploration
Letting Go of Control
Creating a Culture of Learning
Learning is More than Being Right
Empowering Students Through Learning Conversations
Chapter 2: Understanding Bloom's Taxonomy When Teaching Questioning Skills
What is Bloom's Taxonomy?
How can Bloom's Taxonomy be used as a Framework for Teaching Questioning?
Chapter 2 Additional Resources
Chapter 3: Dissecting Questions
How Can We Break Apart Questions for a Deeper Understanding of What is Being Asked?
Why Should Students be Able to Dissect Questions to Further Learning?
How Can These Skills be Applied to Classes Across Content to Deepen Learning?
Chapter 4: Building Questions
Conceiving Questions to Map Authentic Learning
Opened/Closed Questions for Surveying Material vs. Acquiring Depth of Knowledge
Building Questions for Investigative Reporting - Fishbowl Activity
Journalism in Context
Chapter 5: Applying Questioning Skills to Content Learning
Deeper Learning Happens When Students are Questioning Content
Using Search Engines to Apply Questioning for Content
Socratic Seminars as a Classroom Study
Using Google Classroom to Elicit Discussion
Chapter 6: Discovering Self Through Questioning
The Questions People Ask About Themselves and Their Environments
What Do the Questions We Ask Say About Who We Are?
How Can We Harness Interest to Engage Students?
Using Reflection Questions to Dig Deeper into Ourselves and Learning
Chapter 7: Encouraging Continued Exploration and Conversation
Where Does the Research Generate?
Teaching Students to Question the Sources They Find
Chapter 7 Additional Resources
Final Thoughts
About the Author