Converting curiosity into well-crafted questions is the start of learning. In this insightful guide, international education experts James Nottingham and Martin Renton show educators:
- How to use questions to prompt exploratory dialogue
- How to question students in order to challenge them into the learning pit - and help them construct meaning to get out of it!
- How to help students ask their own big questions as the start to inquiry learning
Martin Renton is Challenging Learning's Director of Consultancy and Evaluations. He is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, leader, facilitator and coach. Martin's excellent reputation is well earned. His core belief that professional development is not a 'quick fix' but a deep process of change has led to some very powerful effects in schools and colleges around the world. Teachers and leaders who have worked with Martin over an extended period of time refer to increased engagement, motivation and progress for all students. Martin ensures that all our Challenging Learning trainers blend theories of learning with active tools for the classroom, giving teachers and leaders the opportunities to put into practice new skills and approaches. The effect can be seen most dramatically in our long-term projects around the world. The most significant of these are in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Martin's knowledge of pedagogy and leadership is borne out of his experiences in schools and colleges as a teacher, leader, consultant and coach. His early experiences as a nanny (2-9 year olds), then as a teacher and leader in middle schools (9-13 year olds), secondary schools (11-18 year olds) and colleges (16+) have given him a comprehensive insight into how people learn from the age of 2-adulthood. Martin uses these insights to challenge, inspire and engage his audiences.
Title: Challenging Learning Through Questioning: Facilitating the Process of Effective Learning (Corwin Teaching Essentials)
Author: Renton, Martin
ISBN: 9781506376578
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Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Publication Date: 2020-08-19
Number of Pages: 224
Weight: 0.6352 kg
James Nottingham's work on Challenging Learning is a critical element of creating Visible Learners. This new series will help teachers hone the necessary pedagogical skills of dialogue, feedback, questioning, and mindset. There's no better resource to encourage all learners to know and maximize their impact!
-- John Hattie, Professor & Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute
