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October 10, 2014
Visualizing questioning
A new art form is flourishing—the art of visualizing talks. See how some skillful visual notetakers have made art out of my beautiful questions presentations.
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August 25, 2014
Encouraging student questioning
Expanding my original Edutopia story by offering up some of the insights and ideas from educators that couldn’t fit in the Edutopia piece—but that are well worth sharing.
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August 24, 2014
Can a school be built on questions? {Excerpt from AMBQ}
Deborah Meier on “What if our schools could train students to be better lifelong learners by enabling them to be better questioners?“
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What happened when young Woz asked “Why”
Steve Wozniak has lots of stories. But the ones I found most interesting have to do with Wozniak’s curiosity as a boy. When he would ask his engineer father questions, the answers changed Wozniak's world. Who’s world have you changed lately?
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July 29, 2014
What’s really going on when we “have no time” to question?
We’re running away from our own thoughts during these “too busy” days. If you’re afraid of the void, here’s why to fill it with a question.
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July 17, 2014
Here are 5 questions a leader shouldn’t ask
In this post, which ran recently on the Harvard Business Review site, I list five questions that, when asked by leaders, can actually do more harm than good.
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July 16, 2014
Curious kids: What makes them question so much? {Book excerpt}
In this short excerpt from AMBQ, I ask leading child psychologistsabout what’s going on kids’ developing brains and why that causes them to ask hundreds of questions a day up until about age five.
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July 15, 2014
Want to change your life? Start with this “small” question
One question could help you make simple, but meaningful, improvements in your work and life. Interviews with authors A. J. Jacobs and Caroline Arnold.
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July 14, 2014
Are we turning our future leaders into ‘excellent sheep?’
William Deresiewicz, author of the upcoming Excellent Sheep, talks about the failure to teach and ask big questions at today’s elite colleges, and how this impacts tomorrow’s leaders.
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June 18, 2014
Why do kids ask so many questions—and why do they stop?
Richard Saul Wurman and Louis C.K.
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