Developing a good question

The coincidence of knowledge, research, objective and how to craft a good question must be juggled to jointly develop the area of academic interest with a question to match.

Why, what, how

Overview of the session

Fusing together some research around your own area of interest with your broadening knowledge of how a good question can be formed

You will make progress by both researching the area of your interest alongside playing with possibilities of designing a good question. That is to main objective of today….

Done so far

Up until now….
  • Considered areas of academic interest, rooted in a subject or combination of subjects
  • Understand that the objective is to develop opinion and investigate multiple perspectives

Next

By the end of form time Next Thursday you will
  • Consolidate an area of interest rooted in at least one academic discipline
  • Produce a question which allows critical evaluation of perspectives fused with opinion (which might be changed at a later date)

But now (as in today)

Research, read and note interesting elements from a variety of resources. Your task is to go to each of the research areas below and find a piece which resonates with your area of interest…….

Oxford University Press Britannica PressReader

Reminder of a helpful example around question design

A choice of question can make a big difference to your journey…

These examples would not allow multiple perspectives to be explored…

You can rethink and come up with something more helpful