Cultivating Curiosity in K–12 Classrooms: How to Promote and Sustain Deep Learning

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Curiosity comes from within—we just have to know how to unleash it. We learn by engaging and exploring, asking questions and testing out answers. Yet our classrooms are not always places where such curiosity is encouraged and supported. 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.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: How to Cultivate the Curiosity Classroom

Promote Exploration and Experimentation

Allow Autonomous and Effortless Learning

Embrace Intrinsic Motivation

Bolster Imagination and Creativity

About the authors

Wendy L. Ostroff, PhD, is a developmental and cognitive psychologist and a professor at the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University, a seminar-based program that prepares prospective teachers and emphasizes critical reading, writing, and thinking.

Dr. Ostroff has been designing and teaching interdisciplinary courses on child development, learning, and education for the past 15 years, and she offers workshops on applying child development research for scientists and practitioners.