If you have a strong desire to know something, it’s much like any other strong desire humans have – the desire to eat, to drink, to breath.
Once that desire takes place, there’s no obstacle that’s too large.
It’s curious then, that not one single teacher preparation program has a course on curiosity.
It’s curious because it seems that curiosity is one of those magic components required to becoming a life-long learner.
Why then are we not developing the teacher training programs around this, and other, components of lifelong learning?
Imagine if a teacher was highly skilled at the 7 question types that increase curiosity.
Imagine even further if we prepared teachers with masterful expertise on:
- Communication methods that spark curiosity.
- Lesson design that begins with curiosity.
- Course development that creates curiosity.
- And assessment practices that value curiosity.
I’m curious about how that might change education.
What do you think?