如何提问,也是需要系统学习的
去年年底面试中文老师的职位,当时校长问我,关于inquiry的教学,知道多少,我嗫嚅着说不出个所以然。今年继续中文的学习,顺带将一本《the power of inquiry》看了四分之一,因为英文基础不是很好,许多段落我都是抄在电脑上,然后依靠有道词典给我一些词汇方面的提示。
今天看到此书的第四节,《Inviting Uncertainty》,用英文感受是很美的,迎接未知,这未知可以是学习探索中所带的意外收获,可以是对人生的感知,由意外事件带来的心灵的触动,我们总是在说连接,与自然连接,与人的心灵产生连接,这许多的连接,取决于你是否有一双善于发现细微事物的眼睛,你能发现多少旁人无法察觉的细微之处,你是否有批判精神,你是否在辩证的看待问题并拥有不断自我否定与肯定的能力。
在我们的无意识活动中,要做好接受迎接惊喜的准备,也要善于发现在我们生活周围,会让我们产生好奇的事物,对引发好奇的事物,要有记录,有自问自答,有思考。这些事物可以是任何形状,颜色,听到的声音,甚至是不同的人所特有的行走的方式(你大概可以想象,他为什么样这样行走?这样行走的习惯是怎样养成的?你为什么会对这样的行走方式表示奇怪?)如果我们总是对世界充满了好奇心,提出多一些有逻辑性的,有条理的的问题,至少可以让我们的头脑更活跃,我们以此做一些笔头或者头脑风暴的练习,起码会让我们的想法比旁人多一些深思熟虑后的笃定。
摘抄一些提问的技巧:
1.A question about change:
How and why has the game of football changed in the last 20years?
2.A question about how it works or how something happens?
How do birds build their nests?
How does our voting system work?
3.A question about how it came to be
How did the pyramids get built?
How are guitars made?
4.A question about why it is important
Why are polar bears important?
Why do we learn about fractions?
5.A question about how to do something
What do you have to do to make a kite?
How can you best throw a tennis ball?
6.A question about what people think/opinions?
What is the best way to stay fit?
Have mobile phones made our lives easier?
7.A question about what is needed
What can we do to help people without a home?
8.A question about improvements
How could we help stop bullying in the playground?
How could we reduce traffic on our roads?
How could I change my sleeping habits?
9.A question about caring/looking after
How do you look after babies?
How do museums preserve memories?
还有很多未完成,书还未看完,笔记还未开始做,人已经困了。