The hungry mind : the origins of curiosity in childhood / Susan Engel.

By: Engel, Susan L, 1959- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2015Description: 220 pages ; 25 cmISBN: 9780674736757Subject(s): Curiosity in children | Neugier | Kind | Nyfikenhet | Barn | Motivation | Skolan | InlärningDDC classification: 155.4/133 LOC classification: BF723.C8 | E54 2015
Contents:
Capturing curiosity -- Safe havens and expeditions -- The conversationalist -- Invitations and prohibitions -- Curiosity goes to school -- What fuels learning -- The gossip -- The uses of time and solitude -- Cultivating curiosity.
Summary: "A deeply researched ... exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how it can be fostered in school."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A deeply researched ... exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how it can be fostered in school."--Jacket.

Capturing curiosity -- Safe havens and expeditions -- The conversationalist -- Invitations and prohibitions -- Curiosity goes to school -- What fuels learning -- The gossip -- The uses of time and solitude -- Cultivating curiosity.

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