I recently read chapter five in Warren Berger's A More Beautiful Question and some ideas from Thomas Friedman about questioning and curiosity. Thomas Friedman believes that PQ (passion quotient) plus CQ (curiosity quotient) is greater than IQ (intelligence quotient), and I have to say I agree (Wang, 2016). Before considering these ideas I didn't realize how important it is to have the ability to formulate a good question; I also didn't have any idea how difficult it could be. I then thought, what is my beautiful question? After exploring this idea, I think I have come up with one: How can we help students learn how to manage their emotions in a healthy way? And how can we help them understand how important this is to functioning in society? Below is a short video I created that explains this question a bit more. I completed some research recently and sent out a survey that I created to help gather some more information about this question. I came up with the idea to implement student-teacher workshops to build empathy. I think this could help students and teachers understand each others perspectives. Now my question is, will this work? "...I'm going to venture forth in the world with my question and see what I find" (Berger, 2014, p. 211). References Berger, W. (2014). A More Beautiful Question. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Wang, A. (2016). Tom Friedman’s advice to millennials. Retrieved from http://blog.runnymede.com/tom-friedmans-advice-to-millennials
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