Essential Questions by Leah Marie Kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88 Mind map en-us 2019-09-03 21:30:25 UTC 2019-09-03 21:48:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image.webp?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f4a1.png An essential question frames a unit of study as a problem to be solved. It should connect students’ lived experiences and interests (their only resources for learning something new) to disciplinary problems in the world. And it should connect what they learn back to the real world, where they can put their new understandings to work. leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379663516 2019-09-03 21:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379663516 Essential questions can also help teachers organise course content and direct their instructional choices about what to include and what to omit. leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379663647 2019-09-03 21:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379663647 Researchers have identified many criteria for composing a good essential question, but I have found that meeting just three suffices: (1) The question should be interesting and compelling to your students right now! (2) It should invite them into the ongoing disciplinary debates and conversations that create knowledge in the first place. (3) It should require students to learn—and to use—the same understandings and strategies as the real experts in the field. leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664024 2019-09-03 21:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664024 They are big questions; they are not little questions about factoids or facts that can be memorized easily leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664366 2019-09-03 21:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664366 Bid Idea leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664497 2019-09-03 21:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664497 Interesting! leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664560 2019-09-03 21:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664560 debates leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664619 2019-09-03 21:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664619 conversations leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664640 2019-09-03 21:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664640 organize content leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664713 2019-09-03 21:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664713 connect experiences and interests leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664772 2019-09-03 21:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379664772 MY PARAGRAPH leah_kavalec https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379665133 To me, essential questions are important for not only the students, but for the teachers. They can help teachers to plan and organise content. Essential questions guide teachers while making their planning. They should include information from the big idea and help teachers to see what they should be teaching and what they should omit. For students, it helps them to connect their experiences and interests. While doing this, it encourages debates and conversations. The essential question of a unit should be interesting to captivate and motivate students,]]> 2019-09-03 21:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_kavalec/m2eyow8wub88/wish/379665133