Here is the slide presentation and handout from a workshop delivered by English Language Support to graduate students at VIU on November 17th.
Classroom Engagement through Effective
Questioning:
A workshop
for MASLM
November 17, 2015
Presented by Les Barclay and Bruce Cornwall
1.
Introduction The wise man know what he does not know.
2.
Effective questions and discussion vs.
ineffective questions and discussion
Effective Ineffective
3. Fundamental Principles &
Strategies
* Attitude = spirit of inquiry * Have a clear purpose
* Be a critical thinker (reading &
listening) * Practice
* Be collaborative
*
Notice
*
*
What is the problem I am
trying to solve? What is the key
concept I need to understand?
4.
What underpins engaged and critical reading and listening?
5.
Making good questions:
a) Principles Strategies
* Build a conversation * Attend to grammar and vocabulary
*
Focus on critical and higher order thinking *
Use 10 Question Types
*
Good questions have multiple answers *
Don’t know/expect the answer
*
Seek to build connections and understanding *
Use follow-up questions
*
Consider multiples voices and perspectives *
Keep spoken questions simple and clear
*
Good questions can lead to more questions *
Save complex questions for written form
*
Good questions are useful * Be guided by purpose
Ten Higher Order Question Types
1.
Explore – facts, theories
2.
Challenge –assumptions, conclusions,
interpretations
3.
Relate/Compare
–
theories, ideas, issues
4.
Diagnose – motives, causes
5.
Action – to reach conclusions, actions
6.
Cause and
Effect –
look for causal relationships
7.
Extension – expand the conversation
8.
Hypothetical
–
what if
9.
Priority – identify most important
issues
10. Summary – bring it all together
b)
grammar: Statement usually goes
SUBJECT (+AUXILIARY) + MAIN VERB (+OBJECT )
But in a question it goes QUASM
(QU=QUESTION WORD)
Power is destructive. à
Power can destroy. à
Power destroys. à
Power destroys communities. à
Remember the 7 “WH”
questions:
Who What
Where When Why
How Which
c) practice 1 – unscramble the
questions
Statement: Inequality is the most important global
social issue.
Practice 2:
People who serve as change agents in their organizations or communities
also must work in intentional ways to produce the desired effects.
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The change agent, from this definition, is a person committed to a dynamic
leadership process, lifelong learning,
and relationships.
6.
Critical Listening
Think as you read, watch listen …
- What surprised, shocked,
intrigued you?
- What didn’t you know?
- What do you disagree with?
What do you agree with?
- What was important?
- What was wrong?
- What was incomplete?
- What was biased?
- What came to your mind?
- How does this connect to you, your
country, your
- What did you learn?
1 Question:
____________________________________________________
1 Observation/Statement: __________________________________________
7. I will change the way I make questions by …
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