The (merely) Demanding Question
When is an essential question actually essential?
When will a demanding question suffice?
Back when Grant Wiggins and the Coalition of Essential Schools introduced and popularized the term "essential question" two decades ago, an essential question was important and deep enough to provide focus for an entire year's study.
"What causes some to want to explore the unknown even when that exploration might entail loss, pain, hardship and death?"
Over the next twenty years, the term spread far and wide as many curriculum leaders urged teachers to build their lessons and units around such questions.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Jamie McKenzie's article of the month compares the Essential Question with the Damanding one .....
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