While understanding the benefits of curiosity in the classroom may be straightforward, it’s not as simple to create the learning experiences that unleash it. Use this article featuring Harvard professor Karen Brennan’s research on curiosity to have a discussion about some of the obstacles to curiosity and strategies for addressing them, as well as ways for teachers to foster their own curiosity.
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Fostering curiosity in students and teachers
Article
45 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Educator-prep | K-12 educators
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
Critical reflection in practice
Video
4 minutes
By: Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority
Finding confidence in conflict
Video
11 minutes
By: Kwame Christian, TEDx
The importance of curiosity and questions in 21st-century learning
Article
15 minutes
By: Andrew P. Minigan, Education Week
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Perspective taking
Tool
30 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
What are systems?
Video
2 minutes
By: PBS