{"id":3448,"date":"2016-05-09T16:29:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T23:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:55:40","slug":"power-of-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/education\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/power-of-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of the Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Opening Insights<\/h2>\n<p>Questions are an important part of our lives and the evolution of our civilization. When we stop asking questions is when we stop evolving. This reality is fast approaching in many educational systems around the world \u2013 both primary, secondary and tertiary.<\/p>\n<p>Questions are what have propelled civilization forward since the dawn of time. Questions allow us to explore, discover and ponder the possible and the perceivably impossible. Without the skill of questioning, we limit our creativity and squelch our imagination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3477\" src=\"\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/power_qu1.png\" alt=\"power_qu1\" width=\"880\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/power_qu1.png 880w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/power_qu1-600x222.png 600w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/power_qu1-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Questions allowed Chris Barnard to define and perform the first heart transplant, they are what propelled the Wright Brothers into flight, they are what initiates and ends wars, they are what allowed humankind to go to the moon and ponder the mysteries of time and space travel.<br \/>\nWithout questions we have no solutions, without solutions we have no progress, without progress we have no future.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3476\" src=\"\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstein_quote_solving-prob.jpg\" alt=\"einstein_quote_solving-prob\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstein_quote_solving-prob.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstein_quote_solving-prob-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstein_quote_solving-prob-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstein_quote_solving-prob-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstein_quote_solving-prob-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Informational Insights<\/h2>\n<p>In homes, schools and colleges around the world children are being taught to SHUT UP, and listen to what is being taught. Many teachers fail to teach their student critical thinking and questioning skills for a number of reasons the primary one being they lack the skills themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The power is in the question\u2026 yet so many of us have been silenced, how do we find our voice again? How do we discover and uncover the questions to ask. First we need a safe space to discover, explore and examine our thinking and the questions we have within. That space is the PWI Co-Lab, where a culture of collaboration invites and engages in a way that allows all people to learn how to once again discover the questions, the intelligent questions within.<\/p>\n<h2>Possibilities for Consideration<\/h2>\n<h3>Take a moment and examine\u2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>As you reviewed the material above, what stood out to you?<\/li>\n<li>What is the potential impact, economically and\/or socially?<\/li>\n<li>What action is needed to stop or support this idea?<\/li>\n<li>You may want to consider whether you:\n<ul>\n<li>want to be <em>aware<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>should become <em>supportive<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>would want to be <em>active<\/em> in this topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Add Your Insight<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em>Being willing is not enough; we must do.<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em>LEONARDO DA VINCI<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Opening Insights Questions are an important part of our lives and the evolution of our civilization. When we stop asking questions is when we stop evolving. 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