In the article ” Schools are killing curiosity “, Wendy Berliner includes the perspective of Paul Howard Jones, professor of neuroscience and education at Bristol university. He explains that ” Humans learn from novelty situations and curiosity is important to …
Category: Unit 2
RAB Proposal Paragraph – Jeremiah Owusu
My research Question is “How does less hours of sleep affect my academic career as a college student”? This topic interests me because I am a college student and I have experienced no hours of sleep and doing school work …
Annotated Source 1- Sindy J.
Woo, Erin. “Teenage Girls Say Instagram’s Mental Health Impacts Are No Surprise.” The New York Times, 5 Oct. 2021. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/technology/teenage-girls-instagram.html.
Annotated Source 1 –Savion
Practice Reflection – Angel Sanchez
Part 3 Reflection –
In the article, “Schools are killing curiosity’: why we need to stop telling children to shut up and learn” by Wendy Berliner, the author stated, “The questions they asked were aimed at improving their …
Practice Reflection — Diego
Part 3 Reflection:
I agree with the notion that the current education system teaches students to suppress their curiosity. I have lived through public education, where the curriculum is not the best but the intention of many educators is for …
Practice Reflection – Lisa Liu
Part 3 Reflection
I agree with the information from Wendy Berliner that children ask fewer questions as they enter school. More severely, as students get older they even do not ask questions to teachers anymore. From my experience, I had …
Practice Reflection-Nyazia B.
I agree with the information the author presents. I agree with what the author presented because i’ve had the same experience growing up in school. In elementary school up to 6th grade i was a very talkative kid , i …
Practice Reflection – Dessire
I agree with Berliner’s point of curiosity being a fundamental aspect toward a child’s education. As a student, I do know what it feels to have my teachers focus only on the lesson itself. From what I’ve seen, many schools …
Practice Reflection-Taniesha
I agree with the author, Berliner, about schools killing curiosity because while I myself have never experience being shut down by a teacher but in elementary school, I’ve seen many of my peers raise their hand to ask a question …