2. 提问
一个好的问题，让你思考。
一个好的问题通常是提前准备的。
一个问题的价值在于它引发你思考。
一个问题，措辞和提问的时间都恰到好处，有时会比直接告诉更加有效。这是符合以解决问题为导向的成人学习法则。简而言之，一个提问就是一个需要解决的问题。
提问就是教。
色诺芬（希腊作家）
一个好老师，能问出好问题，也必然是一个能够创造出引发学生深入思考问题的提问专家。
提问可以让老师检查学生是否理解，并且通过清除理解中的障碍来让学习更有意义。
一个好的提问，会加深所探讨主题的深度和广度，当然这取决于问题的质量。
我发现在教学过程中，当我事先准备好了提问，我就会更加关注如何帮助学生理解，而不是去考虑下一步该教什么。
你为下次课程准备好提问了吗？
提问是你教学计划的一部分吗？
33.天赋、激情、能力和时节
Talent, Passion, Capacity and Seasons
在讨论学习和教学时，不可能脱离人的天赋、激情、能力和时节这些要素。这四个要素成为我近年来思考的焦点，我试图把影响学习和教学的四个可变因素放在一起，看它们如何影响学和教。
1）天赋
天赋是一个人在某方面做得比大多数人要好的天然倾向，他在某个领域可能排在前百分之一到三。我所遇到的有天赋的人，通常在他们的工作中更具有艺术感。
老师承担着更大的责任来识别学生的天赋，并培养他们天赋的发展。
当天才不勤加努力时，艰苦努力的人将会战胜天才。
亚历克斯·弗格森
2）激情
从小他就梦想成为一名宇航员，整个成长历程他都痴迷于太空。终他进入了太空。
童年梦想终成真的故事比比皆是。我们称他们为充满激情的人。
她是一名大学新生，告诉我她想成为一名人权活动家，为发展中国家的妇女争取权益。她的眼睛和脸上的决心告诉我，她有这个激情，她选择的课程将会帮助她实现梦想。每个假期，我都会听到她正身处那种很少有人会考虑度假的地方。
她充满激情，她选择的每条路都富有激情包括去度假，让一切不再只是个童年的梦想。
激情是一个想实现某个目标时所表现出来的自然动力，是一个强烈的、热情的、持久的愿望。
你的学生的激情表现在哪些方面？
3）能力
有的人管理三个人都很艰难，有的人却能管好三十个。有些人在多个地点管理多个项目，仍然可以兼顾培养出很出色的儿女。而我认识一些人，即使他们的工作很规律，责任也不多，在教养儿女方面仍然做得不好。
有些人的能力分值是三十，有些是六十，有些是一百。
我的学生不是每个人的能力都能达到一百分，所以我用不同的方式教他们学习。
4）时节
我近才了解到这一点：万物都有它的时间，教有教的时间，学有学的时间。当教和学的时间碰在一起时，这，是正确的时节。
你的学生是不是处在学习的时节中？
33. Talent, Passion, Capacity and Seasons
It is not possible to discuss learning and teaching without mention of a human being’s talent, passion, capacity and seasons. These four elements became the focus of my thinking in the later years as I attempt to put in perspective the variables that influence learning and teaching.
Talent
Talent is mostly a natural inclination to do something better than most people. I would say probably the top one to three percent. For people who are talented usually I see them as becoming even artistic in their work.
The teacher has a higher responsibility to identify talents and foster the development of the learner’s talent.
Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
Alex Ferguson
Passion
Since childhood he has always wanted to be an astronaut. He grew up completely engrossed in space. He ended up going to space.
Stories of childhood dreams realization abound. Passionate people we call them.
She was a freshman in college. She told me she wanted to be a human rights activist to fight for the rights of women in developing countries. Her eyes and facial determination tells me she has passion. She has chosen a course that will bring her closer. Each vacation I would hear that she is somewhere in some place few people would consider to vacation.
She is passionate. Every road she chooses will only for her passion, including her vacation. No more just childhood dreams.
Passion is a natural drive to do and desire to stay on a subject, a strong desire, being extremely enthusiastic, and enduring.
What is your student’s passion?
Capacity
Some people struggle with managing three people, some flourish with thirty. There are those who have multiple projects in their hands in multiple locations and still can raise some great kids. I know of some who have done neither well even though they have regular jobs and not much responsibility. .
Some are thirty, some are sixty and the rest of the pack, one hundred.
My students are not all one hundred so I treat their learning differently.
Seasons
I have only learnt this recently. Everything has its time. There is a time to teach and a time to learn. When the time to teach and the time to learn meets. This, is the right season.
Is your student in a learning season?