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"rikaby" Discussed on Overthrowing Education
"I have. There's so much that. I wanna talk to you about their so many things that we both share a love of at a passion for getting students to ask great questions and also working with teachers on asking great questions and so i really wanted to talk with you about. Why would you say that this is important so for me at the heart of inquiry is really good questions and to be curious about the world around you. You need to have that heart of inquiry so just going beyond. What is this or you know if we are looking at phenomenon thinking about young children and their curiosity versus what it looks like. By the time. I was seeing them in twelfth grade. I think finding ways to connect kids to their curiosity. That questions are really the way to do that in a learning space and as an educator. It's so important for us to be curious about our kids and what they need from us so teaching them to ask really good questions really opens up the kind of dialogue rikaby having in class as well as opens up other modes of means of assessment of those children at the same time. Yeah i think one of the things that i've noticed. Is that a lot of the questions that get asked and so teachers like well. I do ask questions and sober. But a lot of the questions are either comprehension of content questions and they're close ended questions or even if they're masked as open ended questions. The teacher has an idea in their mind of what the answer is. And i think sometimes that's where we get stuck and why students have a hard time understanding that there's many kinds of questions that will get you many kinds of information that you need absolutely and as a journalism teacher and teaching kids interview skills and coming up with really good questions. That are gonna drive what they end up writing eventually. It's so important to really get people talking and when we had the answers to the questions that were asking. There's really no point. Ask those questions. Certainly as as a new teacher. When i started out. I made those mistakes too. I think every teacher dozen the beginning of. When i was teaching a text in my lesson plans i would have the questions and the answers. I was looking for in them. And i think it took years for me feel confident enough to go rogue if you will asking questions where i couldn't possibly know what kids were going to say and where that might take me ends feel confidence even with that lack of preparedness to walk into a space and you know give over the control of the content of the kids and i think by having open ended questions. Essentially what we're doing right. We're giving them control the conversation. Yeah and i do agree with you that for a lot of people. That's really scary. I remember when. I figured out what you just said i think was this a pitney that i had when i would give these questions that i felt that i had the answers to like. I was searching for something that i wanted the students to say and then they would say something different. That would blow my mind. That i had that i had never thought of and i would tell them i was like. That wasn't the answer. I was looking for with adds amazing answer. You just taught me something. And they loved that. So that was really an inspirational moment for me to realize. Maybe i shouldn't preplanned what i think the answer is and and just ask these questions at let everybody kind of we can all learn together as it was an amazing paradigm shift for me. I remember also asking my students to comment on a text by giving me three good questions. And what i found is they didn't know what i meant by a question like in my mind. I knew what i meant. But they didn't know so all of their questions were were comprehension content based like they would expect a teacher and i said well. Can you find that answer in there. And they said yes. And i said then. Why do you have that question. Look in the tax. Asked me a question that you don't know the answer to that. You want to know the answer. So i think like in the older grades. You mentioned kindergarten. I were we have innate curiosity when we're younger right but by the time they're in high school like you said like if they don't if it's been squashed out of them we need to retrain them to have that curiosity. Yeah well i mean the system is set up to basically kill it at them when we focus so heavily on testing and grading and creating assessments. That require them to have one right. Answer i think really makes kids reticent to like not only do not know how to question but they also don't know how to trust themselves when they have their own assertions about things because they're terribly anxious about being wrong and when you're young. Being wrongs not a bad thing. It's a part of the learning process. And i think somewhere between fifth grade and probably early high school or maybe even before that when you know state tests starting third grade they start to understand that there are right and wrong answers. According to some. And if i'm going to be successful playing this game of school. I have to learn how to get the right answer and spend my time focusing on that. Rather than spending time on things i find fanciful or interesting because that's not going to help me right now and it's it's a crying shame. What school systems do to kids. And you know. I'll spend the rest of my career trying to write it if not only for my own child but future children who come through systems and you know they should be leaving school more serious than they start out the other way
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Starr Sackstein: Connecting Students to Their Curiosity
"I have. There's so much that. I wanna talk to you about their so many things that we both share a love of at a passion for getting students to ask great questions and also working with teachers on asking great questions and so i really wanted to talk with you about. Why would you say that this is important so for me at the heart of inquiry is really good questions and to be curious about the world around you. You need to have that heart of inquiry so just going beyond. What is this or you know if we are looking at phenomenon thinking about young children and their curiosity versus what it looks like. By the time. I was seeing them in twelfth grade. I think finding ways to connect kids to their curiosity. That questions are really the way to do that in a learning space and as an educator. It's so important for us to be curious about our kids and what they need from us so teaching them to ask really good questions really opens up the kind of dialogue rikaby having in class as well as opens up other modes of means of assessment of those children at the same time. Yeah i think one of the things that i've noticed. Is that a lot of the questions that get asked and so teachers like well. I do ask questions and sober. But a lot of the questions are either comprehension of content questions and they're close ended questions or even if they're masked as open ended questions. The teacher has an idea in their mind of what the answer is. And i think sometimes that's where we get stuck and why students have a hard time understanding that there's many kinds of questions that will get you many kinds of information that you need absolutely and as a journalism teacher and teaching kids interview skills and coming up with really good questions. That are gonna drive what they end up writing eventually. It's so important to really get people talking and when we had the answers to the questions that were asking. There's really no point. Ask those questions. Certainly as as a new teacher. When i started out. I made those mistakes too. I think every teacher dozen the beginning of. When i was teaching a text in my lesson plans i would have the questions and the answers. I was looking for in them. And i think it took years for me feel confident enough to go rogue if you will asking questions where i couldn't possibly know what kids were going to say and where that might take me ends feel confidence even with that lack of preparedness to walk into a space and you know give over the control of the content of the kids and i think by having open ended questions. Essentially what we're doing right. We're giving them control the conversation. Yeah and i do agree with you that for a lot of people. That's really scary. I remember when. I figured out what you just said i think was this a pitney that i had when i would give these questions that i felt that i had the answers to like. I was searching for something that i wanted the students to say and then they would say something different. That would blow my mind. That i had that i had never thought of and i would tell them i was like. That wasn't the answer. I was looking for with adds amazing answer. You just taught me something. And they loved that. So that was really an inspirational moment for me to realize. Maybe i shouldn't preplanned what i think the answer is and and just ask these questions at let everybody kind of we can all learn together as it was an amazing paradigm shift for me. I remember also asking my students to comment on a text by giving me three good questions. And what i found is they didn't know what i meant by a question like in my mind. I knew what i meant. But they didn't know so all of their questions were were comprehension content based like they would expect a teacher and i said well. Can you find that answer in there. And they said yes. And i said then. Why do you have that question. Look in the tax. Asked me a question that you don't know the answer to that. You want to know the answer. So i think like in the older grades. You mentioned kindergarten. I were we have innate curiosity when we're younger right but by the time they're in high school like you said like if they don't if it's been squashed out of them we need to retrain them to have that curiosity. Yeah well i mean the system is set up to basically kill it at them when we focus so heavily on testing and grading and creating assessments. That require them to have one right. Answer i think really makes kids reticent to like not only do not know how to question but they also don't know how to trust themselves when they have their own assertions about things because they're terribly anxious about being wrong and when you're young. Being wrongs not a bad thing. It's a part of the learning process. And i think somewhere between fifth grade and probably early high school or maybe even before that when you know state tests starting third grade they start to understand that there are right and wrong answers. According to some. And if i'm going to be successful playing this game of school. I have to learn how to get the right answer and spend my time focusing on that. Rather than spending time on things i find fanciful or interesting because that's not going to help me right now and it's it's a crying shame. What school systems do to kids. And you know. I'll spend the rest of my career trying to write it if not only for my own child but future children who come through systems and you know they should be leaving school more serious than they start out the other way
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"rikaby" Discussed on Overthrowing Education
"Hi i'm gabriel from the edtech bites. Podcast a part of the education podcast network just to show. You're listening to now. Shows on the network are individually owned and opinions expressed may not reflect others. Find other interesting education podcasts. At edu podcast network dot com the art institute in conjunction with authority preparatory academy presents overthrowing education with your host virtual. Frankel today's episode is sponsored by. He teachers has this ever happened to you. Hey class let's hear some good questions on this text. anybody please. Can somebody ask a question. You might have tried. This asking questions is the key learning class. So let's hear your questions. Excellent johnny. What's your question can go to the bathroom. May i go to the bathroom. I wanna help. Students ask great questions that will lead to better understanding and deeper learning while promoting analyst and critical thinking skills. Yes i want that to. What can we do. You need to learn about the lenses of questioning. Method lenses of questioning sounds intriguing. What is it. lenses of. Questioning is a fun approach to helping teachers model for and train their students to ask a wider variety of kinds of questions loosely based on the color hats of thinking business model lenses of questioning. Help students ask great questions. Just take the lenses of questioning course to learn activities in games that will get your students asking contemplating and answering amazing questions. That sounds great. Where can we find this. Course this a synchronous course that you complete at your own pace is available at new lens. Ed dot com. It's affordable fun and easy. Start your lenses of questioning course today and see results right away. Hey to overthrowing education so usually as my loyal listeners. Now i start each episode with a fomer a commercial parody about fake educational products. We wish were real but this week my fomer show was about a real product. My lenses of questioning course at the end of the episode. I'll give details about the course along with a discount code for overthrowing education listeners. But i i have a wonderful interview with the awesome star sexy about the power of questions and the importance of cultivating students curiosity. It's a great conversation. And i can't wait to share it with you. At of course at the end of the interview star indulges me by playing a fun version of the five minute game show as it turns out. We ended up recording a second part on a whole 'nother topic because we had so much to discuss. So you can look out for part two of our discussion soon. And now my interview with star. I'm really looking forward to this conversation with my guest today. I could've have talked to her about a million topics. But i had to kind of focus in and i'm so excited to have star saxton. Who started her career and teaching in the early two thousands and eventually she worked as the director of humanities in west hempstead new york and it was from this experience that she wrote from teacher. Leader finding your ways as a first time leader without losing your mind. I love that title since that time. Star has received many will earned honors including being a certified master journalism educator through the journalism education association which he then served as the new york state director of she is the author of some any books including teaching mythology exposed helping teachers create visionary classroom perspective blogging for educators. Teaching students to self assess. How do i help students grow. as learners. the power of questioning opening up the world of student inquiry hacking assessment. Ten ways to go grade lists and a traditional grade school and hacking homework ten strategies that inspire learning outside of the classroom co written with connie hamilton. Additionally she has published many co-authored many and contributed to many other books i'll have the fullest and links in the show notes. But i will say that she does have a new book coming out. Stars also an international speaker on a host of topics and i will put a link to her tax talk entitled recovering perfectionist journey to give upgrades in the show notes for this episode and now star is consulting fulltime with core collaborative. Wow welcome star arm so glad to be here. Thanks i have. There's so much that. I wanna talk to you about their so many things that we both share a love of at a passion for getting students to ask great questions and also working with teachers on asking great questions and so i really wanted to talk with you about. Why would you say that this is important so for me at the heart of inquiry is really good questions and to be curious about the world around you. You need to have that heart of inquiry so just going beyond. What is this or you know if we are looking at phenomenon thinking about young children and their curiosity versus what it looks like. By the time. I was seeing them in twelfth grade. I think finding ways to connect kids to their curiosity. That questions are really the way to do that in a learning space and as an educator. It's so important for us to be curious about our kids and what they need from us so teaching them to ask really good questions really opens up the kind of dialogue rikaby having in class as well as opens up other modes of means of assessment of those children at the same time. Yeah i think one of the things that i've noticed. Is that a lot of the questions that get asked and so teachers like well. I do ask questions and sober. But a lot of the questions are either comprehension of content questions and they're close ended questions or even if they're masked as open ended questions. The teacher has an idea in their mind of what the answer is. And i think sometimes that's where we get stuck and why students have a hard time understanding that there's many kinds of questions that will get you many kinds of information that you need absolutely and as a journalism teacher and teaching kids interview skills and coming up with really good questions. That are gonna drive what they end up writing eventually. It's so important to really get people talking and when we had the answers to the questions that were asking. There's really no point. Ask those questions. Certainly as as a new teacher..