curiosity

Discovery and Uncovery

We all love to rumble on about lifelong learning . But how does that happen when learning is presented as…

9 years ago

Staying Curious: Susan Engel’s “The Hungry Mind”

The Hungry Mind The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood That's the title of Susan Engel's new book and it's about…

10 years ago

Stay Curious

Some books, some ideas and some thinkers stay with you. They are like wells that you go back to dip…

10 years ago

Born to Explore: Nine things we need to know about the brain

In his new book, psychologist Louis Cozolino applies the lessons of social neuroscience to the classroom. And here are his head (!) lines excerpted…

11 years ago

Lock-step learning is not (learning)

Award winning social studies teacher Ron Maggiano is leaving his job. And this is why: Our classrooms have become intellectual…

11 years ago

“Not where the light is”: Schools and Creativity

There's a really useful article in  Education Week that reviews, summarizes and connects the basic thinking and research out there…

13 years ago

All this change ….

For adults like me who work in schools September means being confronted with a world of change.  There are new…

13 years ago

Motivation with Cushman, Pink, Kohn and Schrute

Two of my favorite  education videos in 2010 have to do with motivation. In this first one, Stanley schools Dwight…

14 years ago

Keep the Connection … Expand the Horizon

Children are natural learners. It's what they do. And the learning is joyful and the thirst for knowledge, understanding and…

16 years ago

Curiosity

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates students who: Are intellectually curious, active seekers, users and creators of knowledge Curiosity is the natural…

17 years ago

College Admissions: Which is more interesting: Gorillas or Guerrillas??

That question is one the prompts from the new Tufts University optional essay section. It’s part of its Kaleidoscope program…

17 years ago

Does Science Matter?

Educators are fond of commenting that children are natural scientists. Children, they say, are born investigators. Discovery, speculation, questioning, trying…

18 years ago