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Seminar NameCuriosity and Questioning in the Classroom
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Seminar Short DescThe average preschool student asks between 400-500 questions a day. A high school student: 1-2. This workshop, designed for teachers at elementary, middle, and high school levels, will explore ways to empower kids to ask questions and spark their curiosity.
Seminar Full DescThis workshop will help educators focus on student-centered learning through inquiry-based learning practices. Curiosity and questioning are inherent within us all, yet as children grow older, they may become more reserved in exploring their curiosity. The workshop will help teachers help students develop autonomy, exploration, and experimentation skills, bolster their imagination, and embrace intrinsic motivation. In addition, the workshop will offer ways teachers can get their students to ask questions and have more meaningful, intrinsically motivated discussions through multiple strategies including the Question Formulation Technique.
Seminar Date07/07/2025
Opening Time8:30 am
Closing Time2:30 pm
Last Day To Register07/03/2025      [ Note: After this date, participation changes can be requested by e-mailing Laurie Sledge ]
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Seminar AudienceK-12 educators; Curriculum Administrators
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Seminar Topics, Concepts & ResourcesThis workshop is based on the following texts:
-Make Just One Change by Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana
-A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger
-Cultivating Curiosity in K-12 Classrooms by Wendy Ostroff
-Essential Questions by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins
-Questioning for Classroom Discussion by Jackie Walsh and Beth Sattes
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Seminar ObjectivesLearners will:
- Discuss how to develop autonomy, exploration, experimentation, imagination, and intrinsic motivation within students through curiosity.
- Experience the Question Formulation Technique.
- Analyze and utilize a variety of questioning strategies.
- Discover how to get students to have more meaningful discussions.
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Assessment of LearningQuestion Formulation Technique
Discussions
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SiteCA BOCES - Learning Resources
LocationTraining Room
Site StatusRegional
Duration6 Hours
Rolling Online CourseNo
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Seminar StatusAvailable
WorkshopCuriosity and Questioning in the Classroom
Starting Registration8:00 am
Credit Hours5.50
CTLE EligibleYes
Social Worker Continuing EdNo
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Provider529 - Professional Development
Category529 - Professional Development
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Added ByLaurie Sledge
Seminar Id10068

CTLE Activities

  • Pedagogy

Facilitators

Districts That Can Send Participants

  • Allegany-Limestone Central School
  • Andover Central School
  • Belfast Central School
  • Bolivar-Richburg Central School
  • Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School
  • Cuba-Rushford Central School
  • Ellicottville Central School
  • Fillmore Central School
  • Franklinville Central School
  • Friendship Central School
  • Genesee Valley Central School
  • Hinsdale Central School
  • Olean City Schools
  • Pioneer Central School
  • Portville Central School
  • Randolph Academy
  • Randolph Central School
  • Salamanca City Schools
  • Scio Central School
  • Wellsville Central School
  • West Valley Central School
  • Whitesville Central School
  • CA-BOCES Admin
  • CA-BOCES CTE
  • CA-BOCES ISS
  • CA-BOCES IT
  • CA-BOCES Exceptional Education
  • CA Teacher Center

Learning Standards

  • 1 Knowledge Students and Student Learning
  • 2 Knowledge of Content and Instruction
  • 3 Instructional Practice