| Possible Questions to Help Students Ponder... |
| 1. Tell me something amazing. 2. Connect one foundational Learning Theory to your life. 3. Who is your hero? 4. Write a commercial slogan that best describes you. 5. If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why? 6. Define quality. 7. If you were on a deserted island, name two people and one object that you would like to have with you. 8. What is that song that is in your head right now. 9. Write a question that you have over and over, again. 10. How has your behavior been conditioned over your life? 11. So, if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Justify your answer. 12. What makes the world go round? 13. What is life? 14. What's it all about? 15. Who do you trust? 16. What is LP gas and why is it L? 17. Describe the last novel you read? (not for a class) 18. What museum did you visit last - if not, aquarium or zoo. 19. How does determining the role of socialization in schools address one of our objectives? 20. Describe your most comfortable environment in detail. 21. IF (hypothetically) your mother were to call me, what would it be in reference to? 22. On your last vacation, did you do anything educational? If not, what will you be doing educational on your next vacation? 23. A meteorite is heading towards earth - you have 24 hours before it hits and all life is destroyed. What do you do? 24. What is morality? What is ethics? Give a pertinent example of one of these. 25. When is the last time you went fishing and what did you catch? 26. Who is your favorite scientist and why? (please do not say Bill Nye, Einstein or the Crocodile Hunter) 27. Who is your favorite philosopher and why? 28. How would you describe your learning style? 29. How do you handle criticism? Can you give me an example? 30. Upon your first job interview for a teaching position, the interviewer ask, "why should I hire you?" What do you say? 31. Describe yourself using 3 adjectives. 32. If you were a road sign, what would you say? 33. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? 34. You were abducted by aliens- what were they like and what did they do/say to you? 35. You have multiple personalities. Describe a few of them. 36. If you were some ice cream, what flavor would you be? 37. What would your autobiography be called and why? 38. If you could be a super-hero, who would you be and what powers would you have? 39. What's your worst injury ever? Describe what happened. 40. How many hours per week do you watch tv? What would you do if you did not have a TV? 41. Which TV show or movie best describes your life? 42. List the 5 largest cities in the United States. 43. How does the dominant industrial factory model of management, education and leadership continue to manifest itself and why has it become outmodeled and obsolete? 44. How do you judge when pasta is done? 45. How do we reconcile the paradox of having a 19th century education system that is trying to serve the needs of the 21st century? 46. What value does the brick-and-mortar world play in preparing us for the future? 47. What is the last thing you learned and how did you measure it? 48. When did you last observe an educator learning? 49. If we cannot manage change, how do we stay ahead of it? 50. What was the last thing that made you laugh with a good belly laugh—not just a chuckle? 51. Do you step on bugs that cross your path or let them pass? 52. What is your worst fear? 53. What is your greatest accomplishment so far in life? 54. Do you like any unusual foods that your friends would say “yuck” to if offered? 55. What was the most interesting book you’ve ever read? 56. Who would you like to be if you could not be you? 57. Have you ever eaten honey straight from the comb? 58. List the names of the Beatles. 59. 60. 61. 62. Justify the equilibria between world hunger and overpopulation. 63. The US dollar is worth about 22% more in Canada, although it is worth about 22% less in France and even less in Britain. Propose attributes which create this imbalance. 64. Most dogs only live 14-16 years. So, if a child were to have their first dog when they were five years old, and continued to have a dog successively, they could end up having 4-5 dogs. Develop a rationale defending the necessity for this scenario. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. Make a distinction ‘edu-tainment’ and ‘engaging education’. 70. What is the premise behind the kinetics of a microwave? 71. State the point of view, which our state government has on business development. 72. How would you test the fact that flamingo’s are not naturally pink. 73. Compose a redundancy, such as ‘merge together’ or ‘baby calf’ 74. Formulate a theory to determine attitudes towards quality life. 75. 76. Appraise the economic status of any of the Central American countries. 77. Criticize the concept of ‘good’. 78. Defend any amendment that comes to mind. (federal, state or local) 79. Compare the authors persona from the last two novels you have read. 80. 81. Is fiberglass really made of glass? 82. 83. 84. 85. 87. Why are some people poor and other people rich? 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. |