Questions for the Answers?

“If the textbook contains the answers, then what are the questions?” (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005, 125).

This is such an interesting topic to mull over. I had never looked at textbooks in this way, but it makes sense. What are the questions and who came up with them? I certainly didn't send the author, editors, or publisher any questions.

I think it is my job to create the questions that I want my students to explore throughout a learning unit or over the entire school year. I can then use the textbooks, and other resources, to guide the students to find their own answers.

I think it is my responsibility to teach the students in my class how to answer questions for themselves; by doing so I am helping them to think for themselves and become lifelong learners.