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Engaging Every Learner with Curiosity

May 22, 2018, 3:00 p.m. eastern daylight time

How do I engage students so that they actually want to learn? How do we get kids excited about learning all the stuff we throw at them? These may be among the most important questions we can ask as educators because we know that student motivation is a powerful predictor of student success. Fortunately, there is a way to motivate students that doesn't involve grades, stickers, or browbeating. It lies in something that comes naturally to all kids—every single one of them, from all backgrounds. Moreover, not only does it promote better academic achievement, but it's also linked to many other positive life outcomes, including better job performance, better relationships, and greater life satisfaction. What is it? It's curiosity.

So, how do we help kids become curious? In the same way that we help ourselves, as adults, be curious: through inquiry-based learning. In this webinar with Bryan Goodwin, coauthor of Unstuck: How Curiosity, Peer Coaching, and Teaming Can Change Your School, you'll learn about the power of curiosity and how to unleash it in students and teachers. You'll receive practical strategies and tools you can use right away to encourage curiosity (in ways big and small) in your own school by asking better questions, looking for hidden "bright spots," and helping everyone rekindle curiosity, wonder, and joy in teaching and learning—and in so doing, get unstuck from old ways of thinking or acting so that we can raise the achievement of all students.

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