I came across this picture on Twitter tonight:
It intrigued me, so I read the whole article here. Removing these questions from student's vocabularies are encouraged as students become independent and self-directed in their learning.
So what?
I found the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th questions are doable in my classroom, as the year progresses. The one that I found a stumbling block is the first one. The article says:
"This question is a flag that indicates dependent students. Students that are of the understanding that learning is something delivered by an external entity. It assumes learning is an organised event that one attends. Your classroom must build an understanding that learning is constant and use approaches that encourage intrinsic desire to grow and take control of one’s own learning. Make sure your provoking questions are accessible and build habits in students to look after their own learning progress."
I don't know if I can ever get to that stage, and I'm not sure if I want to. I believe that students need guidance from a teacher, knowing the path they can travel. It comes down to "you don't know what you don't know."
And me?
I will keep working hard to growing independent self-managing students, who want to be the best they can be. I want students who do the best they can to grow, not to please others.
