A good question can spark curiosity and fuel creativity, understanding, and innovation. Question formulation is an increasingly vital skill for critical thinking, literacy, inquiry, and civic engagement in the 21st century, as reflected in many new state and national standards. Yet, it is rare that the skill of question formulation is deliberately taught to students. How can we transform teaching and learning and build the capacity for all students to take greater ownership and develop higher order thinking skills through question-asking?
Join us for a special one-day workshop, in collaboration with Cuyahoga County Educational Service Center, to learn the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a simple yet powerful strategy to teach students how to ask and use their own questions. On their own initiative and without any mandate, more than 250,000 educators in diverse pre-k through higher education settings worldwide are now using the QFT simply because it helps their students become more curious and fully engaged learners.
In this hands-on, active learning experience, participants will work closely with staff from The Right Question Institute (RQI) and collaborate with educators and administrators from across the region to explore the many ways the QFT is stimulating student curiosity, promoting deeper learning, and helping to build the democratic habit of mind of asking questions.