Going Beyond Answers by Dr. Christine Kerry Owinyi https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH Igniting Critical Thinking en-us 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC 2023-09-10 07:32:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png His daughter Eva stops him as he enters the dining room. She informs him of the news he already knew, subconsciously. owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243810 Reluctantly, he accepts it. Arianne greets him with a drink and neither of them can bear to discuss the matter further. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243810 When he goes downstairs, he finds the doors barricaded and the children counting silver owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243811 They tell him that the house is too big and they are moving him out of it. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243811 Convinced by his own lie, Alexei decides to win Elena back from her lover owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243812 He packs some suitcases, and prepares to go into town. He plans to buy her a necklace and a new wedding ring. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243812 The children are not happy. owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243814 They do not want to ruin their good memories of their mother and besides, there's no evidence of such behavior. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243814 Once the family is gathered, Alexei elaborates that Elena has not only gone shopping, but that she has taken a lover owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243815 He's very pleased with her for doing so. It seems to ease the guilt about his own infidelities. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243815 Alexei's four children, Arianne, Ilya, Eva, and Katya then come to pay him a house visit owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243816 Alexei is indifferent, but he goes out to buy a cake for the occasion. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243816 He calls his eldest daughter Arianne to tell her that Elena has "gone shopping." owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243817 Arianne is concerned that her father is in denial and tells her siblings. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243817 Alexei refuses to cope with his grief over the loss of his wife owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243819 Instead, he distracts himself with stories he makes up about her.]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243819 His grown children resent him owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243820 He wasn't present at the births of most of them. He was out with his mistresses. The one exception is his eldest daughter Arianna, who shares many of his interests - like heavy drinking. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243820 Too bad, because Elena dies two days later owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243821 Alexei has many regrets, since he was unfaithful to her. He thinks back on her devotion to charity, and the way she left shoes where he could trip on them. They had been married forty-five years. He feels numb. ]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243821 Alexei, an old man living in Detroit, retires from his job because he decides he's exceptionally handsome owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243822 ...for his age. He also wants to spend more time with his wife, Elena. "She's getting younger and prettier," he tells his friend André.]]> 2018-01-22 09:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223243822 Rarely are we taught owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223247306 Questioning is a skill that we are never taught in class, it is a skill that is inherent...
When my first born baby was able to talk at two ...the next days that followed were full of questions.
" Mum, is this a cup?" 
" Mum, is this water?"
"Mum, what is this?"
"Mum, where are you going?"
I thought that was too much, even when he knew what it was, he went ahead to ask a question.
I did not know that this is God's own way of making him think critically and help me to do the same.. instead I either laughed at his "silly" questions and in most cases, I did not answer

]]> 2018-01-22 09:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223247306 Answers are not answers owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223249489 Why do we give answers to questions posed before us assuming that the one asking should accept the answers as we give them?
I believe the answers we often give are only perspectives and not answers. Different people asked the same question are likely to use different words and non verbal cues to respond..there is therefore no correct answer to any question. Any answer given should be able to probe further questioning and hence rendering it as no answer after all.
Questioning after answers builds one's critical thinking. It improves ones self efficacy by having them believe in themselves...that they too can challenge an answer given, takes one to a higher level of intelligence.]]> 2018-01-22 09:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223249489 The golden question owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223251527 Ever thought of a question that is the mother of questions?
The common questioning word is: What..
Others that are commonly used are: Who, How,Where,Which and Why.
Have we ever wondered which one among the list is golden?
Why?
Yes>>>Why>>>is the golden question.
Why, will send you to your mind to think a while before responding, igniting critical thinking.
Every human being whether old or young requires a growth mindset. The path to one's growth mindset is the golden question]]> 2018-01-22 10:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/223251527 owinyichristine https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/676816134 KEMI STAFF LEARNING DESKTOP RESEARCH]]> 2020-08-12 07:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/owinyichristine/1ERE05AH/wish/676816134