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Essential Question: Should the U.S. Government provide universal health care for its citizens?

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Episode 34 - Wicked Decent Learning - "It's Essential"

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Questioning

Essential Questions

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Earlier Post: Essential Questions and Other Questions

Perspective: Progressive Education in the 40's

Question: How does the philosophy of John Dewey fit into "21st Century Learning?"

Retrospect . . .





John Dewey Resources
Project-Based Learning
Inquiry Learning
Cooperative Learning
Essential Questions

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Essential Questions & Other Questions

"If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes."
~Albert Einstein

Good essential questions can help to engage students and guide instruction, but exactly what makes a question an "essential" question?

One definition:

• a question which requires the student to develop a plan or course of action.
• a question that requires the student to make a decision.

See the following links for further information:

Essential Questions Resources http://region6.mainelearns.org/essentialquestions.html

Questioning Resources
http://region6.mainelearns.org/questioning.html

Enduring Understandings Resources
http://region6.mainelearns.org/enduringunderstandings.html

What are some of your essential questions?