Why do we want so many questions?

After Week 6's readings on the importance of asking questions, I wonder how I can maximize learning with my student's questions. As teachers, we often pose questions to our students, whether they are theoretical or have one correct answer, to gauge understanding. Critical thinking can improve in students who work to ask hard questions and always seek for more understanding. I came across a few questions after this week's readings that I would appreciate some reader's input:

1) For your future students:

As students, I value your time and interests. I want to make sure we are covering items that you find important and useful in the real world. Can you tell me what I can do to get more questions answered, as well as some content you find important that we should go over in class?

2) For your university supervisor:

I understand that we are teaching students, not content. That being said, how can we integrate lessons with critical thinking and artful question components without straying too far away from our content we need to cover?

3) For your cohort:

After this week's reading, we have been exposed to a variety of new resources. Which new resource will you bring into your classroom next semester for student teaching?

I really enjoyed this week's readings and look forward to discussions in class. The skills learned for asking and answering questions with teacher language is a skill that can be utilized in a number of different situations. Partnered with the digital learning symposium, this week in #AEE412, we will be learning lots of important and useful information!