Reflection Of Curiosity In Education

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Curiosity
Curiosity is the quest for new ideas and information. Curiosity connects with learning in two important ways. It is a source of motivation, as these descriptions indicate, and it’s powered by questions. Small children begin life intensely curious about everything and they express their curiosity with questions—enough questions to wear out even the most dedicated parent. “What makes the car work?” “Why is the sky blue?” “Where do the chipmunks sleep at night?” But that level of curiosity doesn’t last, which brings us back to education. “Inherently, we are curious from the very beginning. Although in time, education—with its focus on the delivery of knowledge, being content versus thinking driven—causes questions to recede in favor …show more content…

He believed students are more likely to remember concepts they deduce on their own. This philosophy led to the discovery learning movement, with the focus on how students acquire, retain, and recall knowledge, a transition from the behaviorist stimulus-response approach. Hands-on Learning Active participation by learners in exploring information and ideas helps get brains engaged in the learning process. Physical engagement might mean moving game pieces around a game board, assembling, prioritizing or integrating items to solve problems, engaging in rehearsals or games, or physically moving around the learning environment to accomplish assigned tasks. Getting learners moving and manipulating gets them …show more content…

However, students’ efforts to complement their work with vocational may be limited due to lack of skills. Therefore knowledge of skills is necessary to selectively retrieve accurate, relevant and up-to-date information stored in documents instead of all the information that may not be relevant for their school work. Skills acquisition is in fact, very crucial to the use of Basic Technology because information in technology forms can only be used if students possess the skill to retrieve the exact information needed for learning and

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