BIG IDEAS FOR GROWING MINDS

Curiosity

Curiosity: a magic wand for learning?

Martijn Meeter / 26 October 2018
Article Learning & Education Learning environments
Gabriela Pinto, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Why aren’t students curious in the classroom?

Jamie Jirout / 3 October 2018
Article Learning & Education Learning environments
Tom Driggers, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

“Just being around peers seems to encourage curiosity”

Sabine Gysi / 15 December 2017
Interview 21st century skills Development
PublicDomainImages, pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

Attentive learners’ brains are on the same wavelength

Sabine Gysi / 8 December 2017
Interview Learning & Education Neuroscience
Suzanne Dikker. Image: Sy Abudu / NYU

How social robots can make children more curious

Goren Gordon / 27 October 2017
Article Education technology Education technology
Goren Gordon with robots George and Howie

Play in childhood supports same skills that underlie scientific reasoning

Sabine Gysi / 25 October 2017
Interview Video Development Learning environments
Liz Bonawitz

First day of school

Angela Saini / 19 October 2017
Opinion Reading and writing Society
barnimages.com, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Learning through play

Erika Dähler / 10 May 2017
Article Learning & Education Play
Photo for Jacobs Foundation: Nadia Schaerli

Human computer interaction and child development

Gillian R. Hayes / 10 March 2017
Article 21st century skills Education technology
Stephen Chin, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Wildlife education with Pokémon Go

Eva Amsen / 16 September 2016
Article Education technology Education technology
Samuel Mann, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Once into learning, always into learning?

Julia Gorges / 5 September 2016
Article Development Psychology
Mo Riza, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

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