Curiosity is as powerful a predictor of student success as IQ, grit, or teacher quality. Yet sadly, even though kids are born curious, the longer they stay in school, the less curious they become.
What if we were to focus on restoring student curiosity and motivation? Might everything else get easier … and more joyful? In this interactive, hands-on session, you’ll learn about simple shifts you can make in classrooms and across entire schools to “flip the script” on improvement efforts.
Specifically, you’ll emerge from this session:
- Knowing why curiosity is an important lever for learning and how to cultivate it in learners, teachers, and leaders;
- Understanding and ready to help others make classroom shifts that unleash student curiosity and deeper learning, as detailed in a soon-to-be released book, Student Learning that Works
- Develop a new understanding of the science of learning–including how curiosity drives learning and memory–and how to design learning that taps into the power of curiosity
- Learn critical shifts school leadership teams can make to unleash teacher curiosity, starting with inquiry-driven professional learning that leads to “precision without prescription”.
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