(a) Refrain from preventing students expressing their own ideas and developing
lines of inquiry.
(b) Help students to develop their own ideas and lines of inquiry.
Constraint
2.7 Subject-Centred Focusing
When the teacher’s questions focus students’ attention solely on the subjectmatter,
rather than on their own ideas about it, s(he) may prevent them from
initiating or developing their own ideas. Such focusing will be interpreted as an
attempt to find out whether they know what s(he) expects them to know.
Constraint Removing Strategy
Refrain from framing your questions in terms which draw attention exclusively
to the subject-matter rather than students’ thoughts about it.
Guidance Strategy
Ask person-centred questions which focus the students’ attention on their own
ideas with respect to the subject-matter.