As an educator, curiosity and passion are two important factors that we should embody. They not only help us do our job well but also are essential for our students’ learning and future careers. This is more true than ever as we currently live in a fast-evolving world which is hyperconnected and where “old average is over” (Friedman, 2013). I agree with what Friedman (2013) wrote in his New York Times article - P.Q. (passion quotient) and C.Q. (curiosity quotient) are now more valued than I.Q. (Intelligence Quotient) as passion and curiosity are needed “to leverage all the new digital tools to not just find a job, but to invent one or reinvent one, and to not just learn but to relearn for a lifetime.” Nurturing lifelong learners has always been one of my goals as a teacher. I believe that helping students find their passion and grow curiosity would lead them to be lifelong learners, and one way to achieve this is by questioning. Questioning opens the door to passion and curiosity, and vice versa. However, people, including myself, do evade inquiry for several reasons. This may be because we are too busy with our everyday lives and view questioning as counterproductive or because we fear that we might not get the answers to the critical questions we raise (Berger, 2014). Reading Berger’s book led me to think that questioning is the opposite of counterproductive and makes us do so many wonderful things and that we should not fear the uncertainty that comes with questioning. To remind myself of what I learned this summer and encourage my students to develop passion and curiosity as well as to use questions to learn and relearn, I made the poster below, which I am going to hang on my classroom wall. Reference:
Berger, W. (2014). A more beautiful question: the power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas. New York: Bloomsbury. Friedman, T. (2013, Jan). It’s P.Q. and C.Q. as much as I.Q.. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/opinion/friedman-its-pq-and-cq-as-much-as-iq.html Froster, I. (2016). Behind the scenes of ART21’s series Art in the Twenty-First Century [GIF]. Retrieved from http://magazine.art21.org/2016/07/01/behind-the-scenes-of-season-8-mexico-city/#.XzX8mpMza3U Unless otherwise noted, the poster presented on this post is the property of the blog owner.
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