Classroom Questioning Culture: Benefits, Characteristics, Opportunities and Obstacles

Résumé

Regarding the importance of questioning as a classroom practice, this article aims to raise the reader’s awareness towards different issues related to questioning culture. It is based on a review of the literature on the benefits, opportunities, and challenges facing the development of more effective questioning culture. This review has showed that there are various benefits of creating and maintaining a good questioning culture. The review also includes a discussion of some challenges that can hinder the creation of such positive questioning culture. Finally, the article ends by providing a framework including some practical suggestions in order to effectively deal with those challenges.