Pooja: I'm really, really interested in curiosity and imagination and wonder. And those are things I really enjoy experimenting with in my own teaching. Research shows that it's across the lifespan where these findings are consistent. So when we have our students in that state of curiosity, what's happening in our brains at that point? Pooja: That means that the input will be retained for longer.
Karen Caldwell talks about learning out loud on episode 438 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Our brains are literally switched on when we are curious.
-Karen Caldwell
I adore the word curiosity.
-Karen Caldwell
It is important to be vulnerable and admit you don’t know something.
-Karen Caldwell
Go ahead and have your students predict. It is the state of curiosity and wonder that really matters.
-Karen Caldwell