Arriving to integration through a good leading question would be one important step to make.
Jerome Bruner said: «The art of asking provoking questions is at least as important as that of providing clear answers […], and the art of setting those questions to good use and keeping
them alive is as important as the first two.»
Here are some tips to come up with a good question:
-Avoid simple “yes-no” questions
-The question will need reasoning and some research to be answered
-It will relate to curricular guidelines and to students´ lives
-It will motivate students to read, write, think and speak
Some examples:
Can the world feed 10 billion people?
Do revolutions always work?
Do all animals have hearts?
Why did humans lose their fur?
Constructivism provides a strong rationale for content-based curricula such as CLIL, since it is holistically oriented and meaning seeking based. Then, LET’S START OUR CLIL PROJECTS WITH A GOOD QUESTION!!!!