Principles

Questioning is one of the many skills that all teachers draw on, and which they use every day in their lessons. It is so fundamental to teaching that it is easy to stop thinking about how it is done. However, questioning is a skill which can be developed in order to improve pupils’ engagement in learning. This section explains the Active Questioning approach and discusses what good questioning involves.

Teacher handbook

This information (along with some material from the Techniques section) is also provided as a handbook for use with and by teaching staff:

Teacher handbook

An A3 version, set up to fold and staple into a booklet, is also provided:

Teacher handbook (A3 booklet)