The Role of Creative Questioning in the Process of Learning and Teaching

All teaching and learning lies in the art of questioning. Questioning which is the basis of teaching task encourages recalling, deepens the learning process and comprehension, promotes the imagination and problem-solving, satisfies the sense of curiosity, and increases the creativity. Researches show that primary school teachers and students usually ask one question every two minutes. This amount is much lower in guidance school and high school. On the other hand only about %8 of the questions are posed for encouraging the students' thinking and reflection. Creativity which is the most sublime and exquisite gift of God to human helps nations and cultures progress rapidly. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the 2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance.