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The Political Philosophiser – Free Resource
Discuss, Debate and Interrogate the Nature of Politics, Power and Freedom Viewed and Downloaded 6,000+ Times by Teachers Around the World 🎯 168 political philosophy questions that put the onus…
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The Ethicist – Free Resource
Train Your Focus on Moral Reasoning and Ethical Dilemmas Viewed and Downloaded 34,000+ Times by Teachers Around the World 🎯 168 ethical questions focussing on morality, moral reasoning, and issues…
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The Philosophiser – Free Resource
Get Your Learners Thinking About Life, The Universe and Everything in Between Viewed and Downloaded 34,000+ Times by Teachers Around the World 🎯 168 philosophical questions that challenge learners to…
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The What If? Box – Free Resource
Put Creative Thinking At the Heart of Your Lessons Viewed and Downloaded 24,000+ Times by Teachers Around the World 🎯 168 creative questions to get you and your learners thinking…
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One questioning activity that creates a holistic overview and a second that prioritises understanding success criteria
Different Questions, Same Material Divide the class into groups of three. Each group is given the same resources but a different question. Groups try to answer their questions by analysing…
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Question Stations and Question Cards: a pair of planning intensive questioning activities that reap big rewards
Question Stations Create six or seven stations around your room (this is working on the premise that you have around thirty learners). Each station should be focussed on a different…
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Take your questioning down a meta path with two activities that get learners thinking critically about how to answer, and make sense of, the questions they see and hear
Questioning the Question When learners answer a question or complete a task, it is always of benefit if they first question that which is being asked or requested of them.…
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Two different ways to tap into the power of interviews so you can engage your learners and get them asking high-quality questions
Interviewing Here are three ways you can use interviewing as the basis of a classroom activity. Explain to learners that they will be interviewing their peers to find out their…
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One activity you and your learners can benefit from repeatedly, and a second that delivers collaborative learning that is almost guaranteed to work every time
Question Set Work with your class to develop a set of questions that can be used again and again when doing a specific type of task. Learners can then use…
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A pair of questioning activities that change how the game is played and ask learners to think from a completely different perspective
If this is the answer, what might be the question? This activity is good to use at the start of lessons. It is engaging, pacey and affords learners a high…