Erik Shonstrom

Gebundenes Buch

Wild Curiosity

How to Unleash Creativity and Encourage Lifelong Wondering

Beschreibung

Wild Curiosity brings together cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology research with simple, effective advice for parents and teachers on how to ignite the fire of curiosity in children. The author offers a new way to think about parenting and teaching—one that values autonomy, creativity, and celebrates the spontaneous and unexpected joys of learning. Following the groundbreaking work of researchers like Peter Gray and thought-leaders like Richard Louv, the book offers justification for the de-institutionalization of learning and a roadmap for how to create engaging, inspiring, and exciting experiences to nurture curiosity for children of all ages.

Autor

Erik Shonstrom has worked in education for nearly two decades. He has taught students while clinging to cliffs in Joshua Tree National Park, swimming frigid rivers in the High Sierra, snorkeling jellyfish infested waters off Mexico, paddling tippy kayaks amid the orcas of Puget Sound, trudging up narrow trails in the Adirondacks, and-occasionally-in the classroom. He has worked for charter, independent, public, and experiential education-based schools. The words "you'll need to know this because it's going to be on the test" have never passed his lips. Currently, Erik is a professor of rhetoric at Champlain College. He has published a number of articles on education in The Chronicle Review, Children & Nature Network, and Education Week, among others. To learn more about Erik please check out http://www.erikshonstrom.com/.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9781475815283
• ISBN-10: 147581528X
• Artikelnr.: 42809984