1st Edition

The Practice of Questioning

By J.T. Dillon Copyright 1990
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1990,  The Practice of Questioning  integrates theory, research, and practice from a wide range of disciplines, with a strong emphasis on practical application. It examines the use of questions in diverse contexts, including classrooms, courtrooms, psychotherapy, medical clinics, personnel interviews, interrogations, journalism, and survey and opinion polls. Detailed schemes... Read more

1. The world of questioning  Part One: Domains of Questioning  2. Classroom questioning  3. Courtroom questioning  4. Clinic questioning: psychotherapy  5. Clinic questioning: medicine  6. Personnel interviewing  7. Criminal interrogation  9. Journalistic interviewing  9. Survey questioning  Part Two: Elements of Questioning   10. Notions of questioning  11. Actions of questioning  12. Alternatives to questioning  13. Research on questions vs alternatives  Appendix: Transcripts of questioning

Biography

J.T. Dillon is Professor Emeritus in the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside. His research interests include conceptions of teaching, questioning and discussion processes, and philosophy of education.