Brian Housand, Ph.D.
brianhousand.com
@brianhousand
Cultivating Curiosity through Questioning
Humans are naturally curious beings, but as Sir Ken Robinson suggests, schools may have unintentionally squashed out the creativity and inquisitive nature of many of students. While ubiquitous digital devices provide us with the opportunity to find the answer to almost any question, many students struggle to find accurate information online. Now more than ever, we must teach our students to be critical consumers of the information that they encounter. Together we will explore and construct technology resources designed to engage students’ curiosity and learn ways to compose better questions for application and synthesis.
32. TYPE III
INDEPENDENT OR SMALL GROUP INVESTIGATIONS
PRODUCTS AND/OR PERFORMANCES
TYPE I
GENERAL
EXPLORATORY
ACTIVITIES
TYPE II
METHODOLOGICAL
TRAINING /
HOW-TO ACTIVITIES
(Renzulli, 1977)
85. 1. Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure.
2. The Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top.
3. Use as Much or as Little of the Kit.
4. You may break up the Spaghetti, String or Tape.
5. The Challenge Lasts 18 minutes.
6. Those touching or supporting the structure at the end
of the exercise will be disqualified.
20 sticks of
spaghetti
1 yard of
masking tape
1 yard of
string
1
marshmallow
94. 1. (of a person or animal) be or remain hidden so
as to wait in ambush for someone or something:
a ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness.
2. (of an unpleasant quality) be present in a latent
or barely discernible state, although still
presenting a threat: fear lurks beneath the
surface | (as adj. lurking) : he lives with a
lurking fear of exposure as a fraud.
3. read the postings on an Internet message board
or in a chat room without making any
contribution oneself.
95. 1. (of a person or animal) be or remain hidden so
as to wait in ambush for someone or something:
a ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness.
2. (of an unpleasant quality) be present in a latent
or barely discernible state, although still
presenting a threat: fear lurks beneath the
surface | (as adj. lurking) : he lives with a
lurking fear of exposure as a fraud.
3. read the postings on an Internet message board
or in a chat room without making any
contribution oneself.
96. As the volume of media has grown exponentially,
our propensity to explore it is diminishing.
Danny Cohen / BBC1
101. What are the DETAILS of the
discipline?
What are the MULTIPLE
PERSPECTIVES in the discipline?
What are the BIG IDEAS of the
discipline?
What are some of the
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS?
103. Arranging serendipitous encounters
isn’t always a function of
WHO YOU KNOW,
it should also be a function of
WHO YOU WANT TO KNOW. Or
WHO YOU SHOULD WANT TO KNOW,
even if you don’t realize you should
want to know them.
109. TYPE III
INDEPENDENT OR SMALL GROUP INVESTIGATIONS
PRODUCTS AND/OR PERFORMANCES
TYPE I
GENERAL
EXPLORATORY
ACTIVITIES
TYPE II
METHODOLOGICAL
TRAINING /
HOW-TO ACTIVITIES
(Renzulli, 1977)
112. They are willing to go
outside their comfort zone
in the interest of
expanding their horizons
and gaining new
perspectives.”
Josh Gorin
113. “Constantly ask questions,
learn how things work,
try new and exciting things,
and you’ll build up a strong
base of experiences and
an ongoing curiosity that
will serve you well at WDI
and in life.” Josh Gorin
114. Around here we don’t look
backwards for very long…
We keep moving forward,
opening up new doors and
doing new things because we’re
curious, and curiosity keeps
leading us down new paths.