“Does everyone understand?” — most classroom questions check for compliance, not thinking.
A compliance question seeks a specific answer, and the teacher holds the key. An inquiry question seeks a perspective, and the student holds the thinking. The difference isn’t talent — it’s design. In this session you’ll anonymously submit questions you actually asked this week, find the design principles behind powerful questions, and rewrite one of yours to run the next morning.
In 45 minutes, you'll walk away with
You work on your own real questions, not textbook examples.
Your “Improved Question”, rewritten
You leave with one of your own questions reformulated for agency — e.g. “Is this a primary source?” becomes “What evidence in this document suggests it was created during the event?”
The compliance-vs-inquiry lens
A two-minute contrast that makes the difference visible: who holds the key, and who holds the thinking.
Principles from ten research perspectives
Wiggins & McTighe’s essential questions, Ritchhart’s visible thinking, the Question Formulation Technique, IB ATL, Mary Budd Rowe’s wait-time research, talk moves, Socratic questioning and more — distilled by educators in breakouts, not lectured.
The Question Transformation Card
Old question → new question → the principle behind the shift. A one-card record you can repeat with every unit you plan.
Before/after patterns from real classrooms
See how other educators transformed their questions across subjects and grade levels — the patterns transfer.
This is for you if
- You teach K-12 — any subject, PYP, MYP, DP, CP, or outside IB entirely — and ask questions all day
- Your questions mostly get one-word answers, or silence
- You want students to own more of the thinking without redesigning your whole unit
Skip it if
- You want a lecture on questioning theory — the theory gets two minutes; your questions get forty
- You’re looking for a school-wide questioning policy — this is a classroom move
Bonus: The Inquiry-Driven Classroom Starter Kit
Register and all five field guides land in your confirmation email — 60+ templates, 50 driving questions, and AI-resilient task designs.
The Lesson Flip Kit
12-page guide · 10 templates
The Differentiated Inquiry Toolkit
10-page guide
The Question Flip
9-page guide · 50 questions
The 30-Second Close
6-page guide
The AI-Resilient Lesson Design Guide
8-page guide
The kit is free either way at edodo.app/download/inquiry-starter-kit — registering just saves you the form.
Ioana Badicioiu
Workshop Leader · Coordinator, The Inquiry-Driven Educator
International educator and inquiry practitioner supporting concept-based learning across the primary and middle years. Ioana co-leads The Inquiry-Driven Educator — EDodo’s seven-week, practice-based certificate where teachers learn inquiry by living it — and coaches teachers as they run these routines with their own classes.
Brian Jackson
Workshop Leader · The Inquiry-Driven Educator
International educator focused on inquiry-driven practice and disciplinary thinking in the secondary classroom. Brian works with MYP, DP and CP teachers on making quality visible to students — exemplars, criteria, and the questions that drive real thinking.
Ioana and Brian teach this the way they teach everything: you experience the move as a learner first, then plan it as a teacher.
Will there be a recording?
Yes — every registrant gets the recording. But the middle of the session is you working with other educators and getting live feedback, and that part doesn’t survive being watched later. Come live if you can.
Is it really free? What’s the catch?
Really free, no card, and the toolkit is yours regardless. These sessions are how Ioana and Brian teach — if you love working with them, their seven-week certificate is the deeper version. No pitch beyond one slide at the end.
Do I need to prepare anything?
No. If you want the biggest payoff, jot down 1–3 questions you actually asked your students this week — you’ll work on those.
What about my timezone?
This page, your confirmation email, and the calendar invite all show the session in your local time. One link, works everywhere.
Who is this NOT for?
School leaders looking for a policy framework, and anyone hoping to listen with the camera off — the session is built around doing.
Ask questions students want to chase
Monday, August 3, 2026, 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM UTC
Free · Live on Zoom · 45 minutes · No prep needed
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