Essential Questions - 0 views
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These are questions that touch our hearts and souls. They are central to our lives. They help to define what it means to be human.
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Essential questions usually probe the deep and often confounding issues confronting us - complex and baffling matters that elude simple answers: Life - Death - Marriage - Identity - Purpose - Betrayal - Honor Integrity - Courage - Temptation - Faith - Leadership - Addiction Invention - Inspiration
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The question probes a matter of considerable importance. The question requires movement beyond understanding and studying - some kind of action or resolve - pointing toward the settlement of a challenge, the making of a choice or the forming of a decision. The question cannot be answered by a quick and simple “yes” or “no” answer. The question probably endures, shifts and evolves with time and changing conditions - offering a moving target in some respects. The question may be unanswerable in the ultimate sense. The question may frustrate the researcher, may prove arid rather than fertile and may evade the quest for clarity and understanding.
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Many of us believe that schools should devote more time to essential questions and less time to Trivial Pursuit.
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They require new thought rather than the mere collection of facts, second hand opinions or cut-and-paste thinking.
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Most of the important thought we will conduct during our lives will center on such essential questions.