Empowering Students as Questioners

Jackie Walsh is an independent educational consultant who partners with educators across the country to enhance teaching and leading in classrooms, schools, and districts. Her passion and primary area of expertise is questioning—for both student and adult learning. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie is also the lead consultant for the Alabama Best Practices Center, which affords her the opportunity to work with networks of school teams, district teams, instructional partners, and superintendents. Jackie’s early experience as a high school social studies teacher contributed to her passion for questioning. As a designer and facilitator of professional learning for teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators, she links quality questioning practices not only to student thinking and learning but also to adult learning and reflection. Her commitment is to collaborative design that customizes learning to the context of the learners. Her experience spans work in K-12, higher education, a regional research laboratory, and a state department of education. The author and co-author of numerous books and articles focused on quality questioning, Jackie seeks to make research and best practice accessible to practitioners. Her books, co-authored with Beth Sattes, include: Quality Questioning, 2nd Edition (2017), Questioning for Classroom Discussion (2015), Thinking Through Quality Questioning (2011), Leading Through Quality Questioning (2010),  and Quality Questioning, 1st Edition (2005), She received her A.B. from Duke University, M.A.T. from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and Ph.D. from the University of Alabama. Follow Jackie on Twitter @Question2Think; email, walshja@aol.com.

• LIST OF FIGURESLIST OF VIDEOSFOREWORDACKNOWLEDGMENTSABOUT THE AUTHORCHAPTER 1. STUDENT QUESTIONING—TRANSFORMING LEARNING FOR ALLWhy Is Student Question-Asking Important? Making the CaseWhy Should Teachers Incorporate Student Questions Into Their Instruction? Filling a VoidWhat Propels Student Questioners? The Skill, the Will, and the ThrillHow Can We Develop Students’ Skill and Will to Ask Questions in Class? About This BookCHAPTER 2. TEACHERS AS ACTIVATORS—COMMITTING TO CHANGE, CREATING THE CULTUREHow Can Teachers Motivate Students? Creating the Classroom CultureHow Should Teachers Proceed? Setting Explicit ExpectationsHow Can Teachers Transform Learning? A Process to Build CapacityCHAPTER 3. SELF-QUESTIONS—MONITORING LEARNING AND MAKING MEANINGMonitoring Learning—Developing Student Capacity to Ask Questions to Self-RegulateMaking Meaning—Developing Student Capacity to Ask Self-Questions to Build UnderstandingCHAPTER 4. ACADEMIC QUESTIONS—CLARIFYING AND DEEPENING UNDERSTANDINGBuilding a Knowledge Base—Developing Student Capacity to Ask Academic QuestionsCHAPTER 5. EXPLORATORY QUESTIONS—EXPRESSING WONDERINGS AND CURIOSITIESNurturing Curiosity—Developing Student Capacity to Ask Exploratory QuestionsCHAPTER 6. DIALOGIC QUESTIONS—CLARIFYING AND DEEPENING UNDERSTANDINGBroadening Perspectives—Developing Student Capacity to Ask Dialogic QuestionsCHAPTER 7. THE END IN MIND—INCREASED AGENCY WITHIN AND BEYOND THE CLASSROOMBeyond Scaffolding—Toward a Holistic ApproachRealizing the Potential—In School and BeyondREFERENCESINDEX

"I have a question: Why don’t you have this book? It’s filled with amazing ideas that encourage students to ask questions. In doing so, you will spark students’ curiosity and wonder. You will capture their minds and hearts and, I promise, they will learn more."