{"id":384,"date":"2021-12-02T09:41:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T17:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/dean.richards\/?p=384"},"modified":"2021-12-02T09:41:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T17:41:40","slug":"curious-about-curiosity-creating-a-community-of-curious-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/dean.richards\/2021\/12\/02\/curious-about-curiosity-creating-a-community-of-curious-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious about Curiosity?  Creating a Community of Curious Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>by: Linda Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning I was curious. Where does \u201ccuriosity killed the cat\u201d come from and what does it mean? Was it related to the naughty little monkey, Curious George? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I consulted my pocket computer&#8230;an idiom used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation? <strong>REALLY, what dangers? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/YDouGFfXUZAcNXJOKDxkPIP44EOJJ48meBe5vritImR2Ta4hkJGjbX_O2u854zUsP2ewPcvYmR8sS3_oSj8uoTqh4m7U9uCXqwgDtklz2-muarg2cg7NVw4Qp6Y4_2ImSE0lW-Fa\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many, there is the belief that curiosity provides intrinsic motivation for learning. Sometimes that means Googling your question, and other times it involves digging deeper, letting yourself fall down \u201crabbit holes\u201d and learning other new and related ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all know what a powerful learning tool curiosity is!  We all know cultivating that curiosity is one of our highest goals as teachers. <em> (Curious to know more about this?  Here&#8217;s a one-page read from Edutopia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/why-curiosity-enhances-learning-marianne-stenger#:~:text=Why%20Curiosity%20Enhances%20Learning.%20A%20neurological%20study%20has,we%20learn%2C%20we%20enjoy%20the%20sensation%20of%20learning.\">https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/why-curiosity-enhances-learning-marianne-stenger#:~:text=Why%20Curiosity%20Enhances%20Learning.%20A%20neurological%20study%20has,we%20learn%2C%20we%20enjoy%20the%20sensation%20of%20learning.<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In essence, we are ALL wired to be curious. Curiosity prepares our brains for learning and makes learning rewarding.  Curiosity = Engagement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modelling curiosity is the first step to recognising and valuing it in your classroom. Teachers do this instinctively, asking questions to elicit thinking in our lessons, and showing enthusiasm and joy when we discover new things with our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my favorite ways to engage a lesson with curiosity is to start with a picture, graph, cartoon or quote and add 2 questions; \u201cWhat do you notice?\u201d and \u201cWhat do you wonder?\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Notice and Wonder: Instructional Routines Episode #2\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rWpXrdy3F2I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>9:53 &#8211; Kathy explain the instructional routine in her classroom.                                                                       Kathy&#8217;s math routine is applicable across content areas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The beautiful thing about Kathy&#8217;s routine is that, while students notice and wonder you are validating all student responses and giving all students a voice, whether it is a content-specific wondering or whether it is purely an observation about what they are seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a second, holiday example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/dqTcZ6QideqQp53mGMwVIbUSWYXbJ_N8BnsTdqRY78VWCXKWaIFl-QEqJDghodOUmIdtSNde4ZsPt4EeofcT2YWyTQaHZzNSV2Wl8PHsAOt95S1GgVZSMrf5IDYnXl5mj-dR9YAz\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption><strong>What do you notice? What do you wonder?<\/strong> A New Zealand couple has dug up a monster-sized potato. It weighs 17.4 lbs and has been nicknamed Doug. Here&#8217;s my curiosity-driven math question for students: potatoes typically have a density of 1.08g\/ml. About how many cups of mashed potatoes would Doug provide for a holiday dinner?&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, in case you were still wondering&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The earliest reference of the proverb \u201cCuriosity killed the cat\u201d came from William Shakespeare in his play Much Ado About Nothing. In the original form it meant \u201ccare or worry or sorry killed the cat,&#8221; not curiosity.  I agree!  For teachers, curiosity is too powerful an instructional tool to kill anything.  <strong>Let\u2019s celebrate what makes us curious!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f0fe54\"><strong>What do you notice? What do you wonder?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/dean.richards\/files\/2021\/12\/strange-photographs-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\" width=\"435\" height=\"605\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/dean.richards\/files\/2021\/12\/strange-photographs-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/dean.richards\/files\/2021\/12\/strange-photographs-22.jpg 730w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/dean.richards\/files\/2021\/12\/strange-photographs-22-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/dean.richards\/files\/2021\/12\/strange-photographs-22-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by: Linda Adams This morning I was curious. 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