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January Newsletter: Harvard Courses this March and April & More

January 25, 2024

Two upcoming courses with Harvard

We’re offering two online courses this March and April through the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Getting started: If you’re new to the Question Formulation Technique or have used it once or twice and wondered how to get more out of it, you may be interested in Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions: Best Practices in the Question Formulation Technique. This is our most comprehensive introductory course, exploring the art and science of using the QFT to put students’ own questions at the center of learning — building a key lifelong skill for critical thinking, civic participation, and more. The deadline to register is February 26.

 

Take it to the next level: If you already have some experience using the QFT, check out Questions at the Core: Extending the Question Formulation Technique to Sustain an Inquiry-Based Culture in Schools. This course explores how to jumpstart — and sustain — a deeper culture of inquiry in your school, district, classroom, or organization. The deadline to register is April 2.

 

Harvard offers group rates to make it easier for teams of educators can learn together.

Using questions to drive scientific curiosity and inquiry

Questions are at the heart of science, and the Question Formulation Technique can provide a structured way for budding scientists to organize their thoughts and curiosity into scientific inquiry. Here are some resources that might inspire.

What we’re reading

Here are some recent stories that caught our attention and got us asking questions.

Redshirt the Boys: Why Boys Should Start School a Year Later Than Girls — The Atlantic

How Misinformation Works on the Brain, According to a Psychologist — CBS News

Two Groups of Scholars Revive the Debate Over Inquiry vs. Direct Instruction — The Hechinger Report

The Rural Experience in America — Teaching Montana History

The difference you make for the price of a coffee

The Right Question Institute is a small, independent nonprofit organization. When you make a recurring monthly gift of any size — the price of a cup of coffee, perhaps — you help bring free resources to teachers and schools. Plus, you help equip people in low-income communities with skills and strategies for solving problems, participating in decisions, and making their voices heard — contributing to a more inclusive educational system, society, and democracy. Recurring monthly donations help provide stability and predictability that make this work possible. Thank you for your support.

 

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