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Chapter 7Questioning in Professions

Questions work together as a system. As we begin to orchestrate various question types in the pursuit of understanding, we expand our capacity to think and act in smart ways. We gain in our ability to collect and fashion intelligence rooted in reality rather than presumption or wishful thinking. We are protected somewhat from bias, ideology and narrow thinking.

—Jamie McKenzie, From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal

Putting together the lessons and other fundamentals of the previous chapters, you can now see models taking shape for how to question well in different contexts. This chapter looks at the structure of questions, types of questions, follow-up questions, and the focus of discovery areas in ...