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School : institution where children learn the answers without asking questions ? . Jana M. Havigerová, Kateřina Juklová University of Hradec Králové Czech Republic. Introduction. natural part of cognitive process the trigger of thinking type of question and type of thinking
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School: institutionwherechildrenlearntheanswerswithoutaskingquestions? Jana M. Havigerová, Kateřina Juklová University of Hradec Králové Czech Republic
Introduction • natural part ofcognitiveprocess • thetriggerofthinking • type ofquestion and type ofthinking • askingquestions as a toolofintentionalcognitivedevelopment
Thepowerofaskingquestion Informationbehaviour • developed by theneedofgettinginformation (Wilson, 1981) • important part ofinformationliteracy in contemporaryinformation society • questioningskill as a predictorofinformationbehaviour
Researchobjectives • Analyzequestionsasked in natural Czech schoolconditions
Researchprocedure Czech National Corpus Schola 2010 • transcriptofspokenlanguagefrom basic and secondaryschoollessons • 204 lessons in 115 differentclasses • 47 teachers and 2347 pupils • 20 489 identifiedquestions
Conclusions Askingquestions in Czech schools • teacheraskscarseamountofquestions • most askedquestions are low-levelquestionsactivatingmemory, not thinking • teachers do not encouragepupils to askquestions • pupilsquestions are oftendiscouraged (predominately negative content and emotional response)
Thankyouforyourquestions Kateřina Juklová katerina.juklova@uhk.cz Jana M. Havigerová jana.havigerova@uhk.cz FacultyofEducation University of Hradec Kralove Czech republic