Wild Curiosity

How to Unleash Creativity and Encourage Lifelong Wondering

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Wild Curiosity brings together cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology research with simple, effective advice for parents and teachers on how to ignite the fire of curiosity in children. The author offers a new way to think about parenting and teaching—one that values autonomy, creativity, and celebrates the spontaneous and unexpected joys of learning. Following the groundbreaking work of researchers like Peter Gray and thought-leaders like Richard Louv, the book offers justification for the de-institutionalization of learning and a roadmap for how to create engaging, inspiring, and exciting experiences to nurture curiosity for children of all ages.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-12-17
Mått158 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor172
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475815283

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Erik Shonstrom has worked in education for nearly two decades. He has taught students while clinging to cliffs in Joshua Tree National Park, swimming frigid rivers in the High Sierra, snorkeling jellyfish infested waters off Mexico, paddling tippy kayaks amid the orcas of Puget Sound, trudging up narrow trails in the Adirondacks, and—occasionally—in the classroom. He has worked for charter, independent, public, and experiential education-based schools. The words “you’ll need to know this because it’s going to be on the test” have never passed his lips.Currently, Erik is a professor of rhetoric at Champlain College. He has published a number of articles on education in The Chronicle Review, Children & Nature Network, and Education Week, among others. To learn more about Erik please check out http://www.erikshonstrom.com/.

DedicationAcknowledgements Author’s NoteChapter 1: Introduction: Song of the Sirens Chapter 2: Resurrecting the CatChapter 3: Hardwired for AdventureChapter 4: Inside Bad, Outside Good Chapter 5: Some Awe is Awesome Chapter 6: Empathy, Conflict, and Getting’ to Know YaChapter 7: “Call me Ishmael” Chapter 8: Finding Our Direction (with or without the GPS) Chapter 9: Snorting Lines of Ed Tech Chapter 10: Paying Attention Without Trying Chapter 11: Learning as Journey Chapter 12: Impulsivity and The Need to Know Chapter 13: Curious Failures Chapter 14: Stop Daydreaming and Get Creative Chapter 15: Tapping Into FlowAfterword: To Build a Fire Bibliography About the Author

This book brings together cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology research with experiences fro m the authors own life to explore what, exactly, makes us curious and why. Part memoir, part critique, this unrestrained book explores the applications of curiosity in our own lives and our children’s lives. It provides fascinating examples of how books can change us, how wilderness adventures can be transformative experiences, and how following curiosity may be a radical and revolutionary act in itself. How to best innovate using curiosity as a starting point? How to find fulfillment through indulging our curiosity? Wild Curiosity investigates all these questions and more, and shows us how curiosity connects, compels, and defines us.