We’ve all experienced the difference between being heard and being listened to. Good listeners validate, focus, check assumptions, and respond thoughtfully. Above all, good listeners ask good questions.
Teaching + Learning
The Right Question team shares resources, emerging ideas and lessons learned from educators and students
How many times has a teacher posed, “Are there any questions?” – only to be met with deafening silence from…
I’ve been pondering the word “question” for the last couple months. How do you translate “Question Formulation Technique” into Japanese – a language with four words for “question?”
Primary sources can help students analyze closely, make connections, infer and — perhaps most importantly — ask questions.
One year after an eye-opening trip to Japan, the Right Question Institute’s Dan Rothstein reflects on that country’s growing interest in the Question Formulation Technique and how educators in Japan face similar challenges – and share similar commitment – to those in the United States.
Here are two quick examples of how educators are driving adoption of the QFT in science and social studies as…