Action 3
Ask Questions
from The Future Creative: 10 Actions for Fueling Creativity in Education by Matthew J. Worwood and Cyndi Burnett.
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In a world where AI can retrieve facts in seconds, the ability to ask better questions is becoming one of the most important skills we can teach. Ask Questions makes the case that some of the most powerful learning in a classroom doesn’t begin with a correct answer, it begins with a single question that nobody has thought to ask yet. This chapter explores how educators can deliberately build environments where students feel safe to wonder, challenge assumptions, and pursue ideas that don’t yet have answers.
Episodes referenced in this chapter
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Kulvarn Atwal
Building the Thinking School · Season 1The chapter's opening story — Kulvarn became Headteacher at a school in East London and asked one simple question about why students sat in rows. By Monday, not a single classroom had them that way.
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Jeffrey Davis
Tracking Wonder and Creativity · Season 2Jeffrey introduces the idea of a "parking lot" for questions — a place to capture what students are still wondering about so curiosity isn't lost when the lesson moves on.
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Salome Thomas-EL
Using Chess to Teach Failure and Perseverance · Season 6Principal El uses questioning as a way to uncover what truly drives each student — believing that the right question at the right moment can shift a student's entire relationship with learning.
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Kristin Lehman
Exploring Twice-Exceptional Students and Mathematical Artistry · Season 8Kristin's reminder that we should ask just as many questions as we answer — modelling inquiry as a two-way practice, not just a teaching technique.
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Todd Henry
How to Develop a Brave Habit in the Classroom · Season 8Todd makes the case for the uncomfortable questions — the ones that make us squirm — arguing that the questions we avoid are often the ones most worth asking.
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