Questioning for Student Engagement

Workshop Description

As learning becomes more dynamic, it is helpful for teachers to know how questions can help learning but also to know how to ask those questions. When teaching has been mainly by telling, asking questions will not come spontaneously. This workshop will give the teacher a framework to work with.

Objectives :
At the end of the training, teachers will be able to
• Appreciate the place of questioning in the learning process
• Discern different levels of questioning
• Align questions to lesson objectives and key learning points

Content
1. How students learn
2. How questions help students learn
3. Levels of questioning using Bloom's Taxonomy
4. How to make questioning effective using various approaches

Approach
A variety of pedagogical approaches will be used
1. Synectics
2. Think-Pair-Share
3. Group learning
4. Practise to apply

About Mrs Belinda Charles

Mrs Belinda Charles is a retired principal who led in both secondary school and junior college for the last 25 years of her teaching career. Her last posting was as the principal of St Andrew’s Secondary School from which she retired at the end of 2010. She was one of the youngest principals to lead a secondary school in 1986 and subsequently a junior college in 1990. Mrs Charles has sat on several committees at education headquarters and was involved in important education review committees including Thinking Schools Learning Nation, leading to her being conferred the Silver Public Administration Medal. For ten years, Mrs Charles was also, concurrently, an adjunct lecturer with the National Institute of Education in the 1990s, conducting modules for
teacher trainees in their pre-service training, courses for qualified teachers coming back for in-service training, and modules for heads of department coming in to do their Diploma in Departmental Management as well as principals-in-training.

Registration

Course Code: BC19423

Topic: Questioning for Student Engagement

Trainer: Mrs Belinda Charles

Date: 19 April 2023, Wednesday

Time: 3.00 pm to 5.30 pm

Mode of Delivery: Face to Face

Venue: To be confirmed

Closing Date: 6 April 2023, Friday

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Workshop Fee: S$190.00 per participant. If 2 or more participants from the same school/organization attend the same course, the discounted fee will be S$170.00 per participant for that particular course. Fees are subject to GST. Include all training materials and 1 tea break.

Other Information:
Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis. No refunds will be made for cancellations or in the case of absentees. The Academy accepts replacements for registered participants who are unable to attend for whatever reasons.

School/Cluster-Based Workshop Registration
If your school or cluster is keen to conduct this as an in-house programme, please contact Joseph Loy by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or tel: 6363 0330 on the cost of conducting the workshop.

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