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Have you ever noticed how some children have so many questions and so much curiosity? Maybe you were like that at first and eventually realized that adults and authority figures like teachers get upset if you ask too many questions. It turns out that the questions we often ask are far more important than the answers, and those of us who continue to ask questions develop a much better understanding of the world.
Not long ago I discussed this topic with a retired UK schoolteacher, specifically why some kids keep asking “Why?” and even when you answer they ask “why” to your answer and so on. The schoolteacher noted:
“Yes, I’ve taught the kids why. Some were really interested, others thought it was cool and made them look smart. It didn’t, and it delayed the conference. All the teachers are very restricted in what they can teach in the plan of studies. Everyone has to follow the party lines. The interested children took enough to satisfy themselves and ran with it.”
This of course makes it difficult for teachers and if students ask too much “why” this teacher will eventually say; “Sorry love, I can’t help you. If you have any more questions, you’ll have to go to the library and look them up yourself.”
It turns out that really curious and interested children did, today of course, it is much easier, “Google it on your smartphone” and get your answer in 0.00291183717 seconds and get one of 10,000 results of your query.
Yes, that’s very interesting, I agree with your solution in a classroom teaching setting, and yes, I have noticed the “Why” of kids who just do it to be funny or disruptive. It’s easy to tell the difference between those and those who are generally interested, because interested kids say “oh” and then modify their next question to something extremely relevant, although in a classroom it would be disruptive too even if it piques the curiosity of the other students who enjoy immersing themselves in the subject. When children are really interested in and like the subject, they enjoy learning, they learn extremely quickly and do very well in their understanding of the new material. I also agree that if a student isn’t interested in self-directed study to satisfy her curiosity, then an instructor can’t help much.
I guess the instructor needs to help them develop interest by allowing the subject to be interesting, and for the most part it is all interesting. We have a problem in our schools in the US, half the teachers don’t care, the other half care a lot. a year with a teacher who doesn’t care about a child can be a disaster for her mental development. I wish more teachers would listen to Sir Ken Robinson’s call for teaching. Of course, our problem in the US is the main challenges in our schools, teachers tell them how to teach, what to teach, when to teach, when to test, etc. – and then it is difficult to develop individual minds. To your point about… “look it up” if you want to know more.
Today, our children can search whatever they want whenever they want, Oxford Library on steroids – Internet – Google. It’s just lazy not to, everything is there, but alas, often the wishes of the students are not. I would blame the system, not the teachers, well, not all teachers, some, I mean, burnout is very common in a school system driven by the best: those teachers teach because they want to, until they find out they can’t, so it’s just a paycheck and pension, they’re stuck, like a lot of their students I guess.