Cultivating Curiosity in K-12 Classrooms: How to Promote and Sustain Deep Learning, July/2016

Students learn by engaging and exploring, asking questions and testing out answers. Yet, such curiosity is not always encouraged and supported in the classroom. Cultivating Curiosity in K–12 Classrooms describes how teachers can create a structured, student-centered environment that allows for openness and surprise—where inquiry guides authentic learning.

Author and award-winning educator, Wendy L. Ostroff shows how to foster student curiosity through exploration, novelty, and play; questioning and critical thinking; and experimenting and problem solving. Includes techniques to try, scaffolding advice, and relevant research from neuroscience and psychology. This book will help you harness the powerful drive in all learners—the drive to know, understand, and experience the world in a meaningful way.