No Parroting Allowed!
Learning Emergence by Asking Questions


"Are Learning Disabilities a Mental Illness?"

When asked, "how do you best learn?" most people usually respond with either a technique, like "in a classroom," or by naming their favorite sense, like "I learn best visually." Unfortunately, this implies that most people define "learning" as the ability to parrot the correct answer.

What is wrong with this? "Parroting the correct answer" creates parrots, not students; dullards, not Einsteins. So how can we create more Einsteins? By asking questions which are intended to provoke the student's own questions. More important, this turns out to be the best way in which to reawaken in students their lost love of learning.

This week, our topic is "Are Learning Disabilities a Mental Illness?" Would you like to awaken a love of learning in you about this topic? You can, simply by reading the teacher's questions and then, by asking yourself, "what questions did these words just provoke in me?"

"Are Learning Disabilities a Mental Illness?"

The Teacher's Questions (asked by Carol)

Sample Student Response Questions (asked by Thomas)