Jackie Acree Walsh - Empowering Students as Questioners: Skills, Strategies, and Structures to Realize the Potential of Every Learner

Jackie Walsh has written a must-read book for administrators and teachers who are considering best practices to invest in students ability to excel in their own questioning. Read this book and learn from one of the best.

Lisa Berry

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction

Trussville City Schools, AL

Jackie Walsh leaves no stone unturned in her journey to share proven questioning strategies gleaned from years of field experience and partnerships with teachers. She offers readers a unique categorization of student questions that provides a framework and common vocabulary for building a culture of questioning. Not only does this book offer turnkey tools, protocols, and routines for educators to increase questioning practices, it also provides metacognitive processes and reflection guides for student use. Its a must-have for educators on a mission to empower students with the knowledge and disposition of questioning.

Jana Claxton

Professional Learning Coordinator

Irving ISD, TX

I have a question: Why dont you have this book? Its filled with amazing ideas that encourage students to ask questions. In doing so, you will spark students curiosity and wonder. You will capture their minds and hearts and, I promise, they will learn more.

Douglas Fisher

Professor of Educational Leadership

San Diego State University

Empowered students become leaders of their own learning, resulting in success in school, career, and life. In her latest book, Empowering Students as Questioners, Jackie Walsh provides a formula to empower students through questioning. I particularly appreciate the actionable steps to help students self-question so they can monitor their progress, deepen their understanding, and discover new ideas and concepts to explore. This book is filled with resources, including videos of practitioners who have honed their craft by engaging students as questioners. Teachers will refer to it time and time again as they seek to support their students in deep and meaningful learning.

Cathy W. Gassenheimer

Executive Vice President

Alabama Best Practices Center

Any teacher who seeks to unleash student curiosity should have this book on their shelf, underlined, dog-eared, and full of margin notes. Weve long known (yet often neglected) the power of curiosity to fuel student learning. The real magic of curiosity happens, of course, when students begin to ask their questions. For many teachers, though, getting students who barely respond to teacher questions to ask their own questions may feel like a bridge too far. With compelling insights and practical strategies, Jackie Walsh shows teachers how to get from here to there, creating classrooms where students take charge of their own learning by asking themselves questions to reflect on their progress, deepen their understanding, and unleash their curiosity so they become lifelong learners.

Bryan Goodwin

President and CEO, McREL International

Author, Building a Curious School

Empowering students to become skillful and confident in constructing and asking questions is making a positive impact on the overall instructional climate of classrooms across my district. I observe teachers transforming the student role from that of occasional responder to teacher questions to one of actively engaged questioner. This change is resulting from the commitment of classroom teachers and instructional leaders at all levels in our district. In Jackie Walshs new book, youll find classroom examples illustrating the skills, strategies, and structures that support students in becoming more engaged in and responsible for their learning.

Jeff Goodwin