World History
The authors of Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions, think Socrates was all wrong. Instead of using questions to get kids to think more deeply, Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, the authors and co-directors of The Right Question Institute, argue that we should ask the student to come up with the questions that speak to the core of a topic. They want us to flip the Socratic method on its head.
Here's what they say about their method: ?What happens is the teacher plays a different role,? Santana said. ?They lead students into thinking. The process of teaching students to ask their own questions allows teachers to communicate what they need to around curriculum. The difference is that the students are thinking and doing more, rather than the teacher.? They offer some interesting ways to to begin the process.
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World History
Why the Question is More Important for the Student
Here's what they say about their method: ?What happens is the teacher plays a different role,? Santana said. ?They lead students into thinking. The process of teaching students to ask their own questions allows teachers to communicate what they need to around curriculum. The difference is that the students are thinking and doing more, rather than the teacher.? They offer some interesting ways to to begin the process.
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