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Explore the role of questioning in Czech schools, analyzing the types of questions asked, who asks them, and the impact on cognitive development and information behavior. Discover the findings from the Czech National Corpus Schola 2010 study.
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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