What are the essential questions K-12 students should ask?
According to Howard Gardner, Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, they are: “the essential questions of human life: who are we, where do we come from, what’s the world made of, what have humans achieved and what can we achieve, how does one lead a good life?” (see Reference below).
Are today’s K-12 teachers qualified to facilitate such inquiry openly and honestly? Hmm…
Reference: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/foi/read2/gardner.htm
(posted 7/1/09)
