Call for questions!

What if there were a dictionary of questions? A book where we could look up the various types of questions that exist and their meaning?

This is the idea that will guide the #ClubeDePerguntas (#QuestionClub) during October and November. The thing is, the people who are part of the Club are adults, and I’m very curious to learn what children think about this topic.

Moreover, this dictionary (which doesn’t yet exist) aims to include contributions from people of different ages. For this reason, I’m launching this “call for questions” to gather ideas from children and young people.

What do we need to create the Dictionary of Questions (which doesn’t yet exist)?

We need to identify the type of questions. For example, a “Silly Question.” Then we need the meaning or meanings of that question.

Example of meanings for a silly question:

• It’s a question that makes our heads spin, as we search for the answer;
• It’s a question that doesn’t quite fit with the conversation we’re having.

I will collect your question suggestions and organise them alphabetically as if they were a “real” dictionary.

There is a Google form ready to receive your submissions. I’ll need you to write the question and propose its meaning.

I hope this proposal sparks meaningful dialogue about questions, at home or school.

The call for questions is translated into French, Spanish, Dutch, Polish and English.

Joana Rita Sousa, filocriatividade, Portugal

A big thanks to Nathalie Hacque Dias (French translation), Katrin Laureyssens (Dutch translation), and Ewelina Grądzka (Polish translation).