Fostering Critical Thinking and Curiosity Through Questioning: The Key to Lifelong Learning
Knowledge in today and future’s society cannot be regarded as a clearly defined, stable set of differing, but as an expanding, constantly gaining new shapes and spheres, process, so critical thinking and curiosity are no longer an extra, but a fundamental set. The na saw the skills of questioning, analyzing and being critical to information, not only enhances their academic and professional endeavors, but also facilitates lifelong learning. What lies behind the existence of such talents? Incorporating in one’s practice the best methods of questioning. Asking questions is one of the most critical activities that are associated with learning. One can say that questioning is the base of knowledge acquisition at a deeper level. In the course of childhood development, fear of the unknown and necessity to find an explanation for this or that phenomenon stimulate the individual to learn. It means that if this desire is cultivated and developed as a particular habit, a person is goi...