Education is not to reform students nor amuse them nor to make them experts technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellect, and to teach them to think ! Learning by Asking Ask few questions to 2-3 people? What kind of questions you / others asked? What kind of responses / learning you got? Now modify the questions so that you can learn more qualitatively 1a What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? 1b Given a globe in which state capital will the sun rise first in India? Is this Thinking? What is more important? Knowing Facts Tasks & Procedures Right Answers Memorization Teacher Teaching Thinking Create Understand & Analyse Decision Make Problem Solve Estimate & Predict Student Learning How? # 1 Teach Tool ? ASK OPEN EXPLORE Dont expect an answer # 1 Teach Tool Ask, Ask, Ask Keep them open Answer is not the MOST IMP. Information is incidental - let it not brake thinking Chain thoughts endlessly Ask What else? Check feelings too Explore the concept through thought not otherwise ? Why? Excuse or explanation Looking at past Negative/ Blaming Questions ability/ intentions ? How? Possibilities Focus on future Positive/ Solution finding assumes ability/ instills positive intentions Thinking 1. Ask questions, not answer them 2. Ask Why? for information 3. Ask How? for solutions 4.Ask open questions.. 5.Ask for understanding, not correctness 6.Ask only for thinking, not for interrogating Questioning Ex 1 Mark each of the questions as FACTUAL. or THINKING. Try changing the factual to thinking, Try answering the thinking. 1.How many heads did Ravana have? 2.What is Vanvas? 3.How would you have felt when Sita was kidnapped if you were Lakshman? 4.Should Sita be punished for crossing the Lakshman Rekha? 5.Who went to Lanka to give message to Sita?What happened first in the story? 6.What happened after Lanka was burnt by Hanuman? 7.What do you think Ram will do if they were to go into the forest once again? 8.Is this story like any other story you have read? How? 9.Are all brothers like Lakshman? Questioning Ex 2 Here is a small story. Form at least 5 question on the story that will make children think. One day a friend of Mulla Nasrudin asked him, Have you ever considered getting married, Mulla?" Nasrudin smiled. "In my youth I thought of nothing else. In fact, I so wanted to find the perfect wife, I traveled the world searching for her. In Damascus, I met a beautiful woman who was spiritual, kind and loving, but she had no worldly knowledge. In Isphahan, I met a woman who was kind, loving and worldly, but she was not interested in the spiritual life?" "Where did you travel to next?" asked his friend. Nasrudin smiled, "I forget where, but I met a truly beautiful woman who was spiritual, kind, loving and worldly, but she could not communicate well. Finally, I went to Cairo and there, after much searching, I found the perfect wife. She was everything I had wanted her to be. She was perfect." "Then why did you not marry her, Mulla?" "Alas," said Nasrudin, shaking his head, "she was, unfortunately, looking for the perfect husband!" Questioning Ex 3 While you move around ask people questions. The Rule is: if you are asked a question you have to ask another as a reply. Your question should be related to the one you were asked. Keep moving and keep asking. Theme is FRIENDS & FRIENDSHIP Questioning Ex 2 Think of as many questions about TOMATO PAST analytical Present emotional Future Creative Thinking Stuck change tense Think in all three zones Think of the last movie that you have seen. Think of some questions that come to your mind after you saw the movie Which one would you choose? Larger sized Rs2 coin or smaller sized Rs5 coin We learn by doing only if we think about what we are doing Blooms Taxonomy Blooms Taxonomy Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation Copyright John Sleigh 2002 Knowledge Recall specific information What was the little girls name? How many bears lived in the house? define, describe, identify, list, match, name Knowledge Where did I come from? Comprehension Understandin g of what was read Why did Goldilocks mother tell her never to go into the forest? explain, estimate, rewrite, distinguish, defend Comprehension ______ is the best policy Application Convert Abstract content into concrete action Make a sign to be placed at the entrance to the forest operate, demonstrate, change, use, show Application Rs 2000 for two taps! Analysis Compare and contrast the story to personal experiences How would you react if you saw a safe haven in a dangerous location? compare, distinguish, outline, subdivide Analysis Is it okay for people to smoke while they pray? Is it okay for people to pray while they smoke? Synthesis Combine the component parts into a new whole Write a story where non-human creatures are used to illustrate human behaviour compile, compose, create, design, construct Synthesis Nine year old Joey, was asked by his mother what he had learned in Bible Class. Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then he used his walkie - talkie to radio headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved." Why do so many adults forbid children to do interesting things? Evaluation Judge value for purpose and provide supporting reasons appraise, criticise, compare, summarise Two trains approaching each other on the same track? Evaluation Blooms Taxonomy Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation What? Why? Where I use? How it works? With? What Value? Using Blooms 1 Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation Think of the last movie that you have seen. Now frame a question which will elicit thinking on each level of Blooms Taxonomy Using Blooms 1 Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation What is the story about? Why did the story end the way it did? How would you use the essence to solve a prob in your life? Compare the characteristics of two main characters and how that effected the story? If you were the protagonist what you would have done? What impact would this story have on the society? Using Blooms 2 1. Think of a set of activities to teach children of 9-10 yrs about Wind 2. List the specific thinking skills involved. 3. Categorise them on Blooms Taxonomy. See how you can enrich each activity by adding some HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) Mind Muscles Whats on my mind is important Even if I am thinking wrong, I am thinking More I use - More they grow More its relevant more I think Its more effective when I work at different thinking levels Questions Think So, what are you thinking . ?