Source Entry for School Kills Curiosity-Amit Darmalingum

Part 1: Citation  

Berliner, Wendy. “‘Schools Are Killing Curiosity’: Why We Need to Stop Telling Children to Shut up and Learn.” The Guardian, 28 Jan. 2020. The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jan/28/schools-killing-curiosity-learn.  

Part 2: summary 

In her piece “School Kills …

Summary of “Schools Kill Curiosity” – Amit Darmalingum

In her piece “School Kills Curiosity,” Wendy Berliner makes the case that conventional educational methods frequently suppress kids’ innate curiosity by placing more emphasis on regimented curriculum, standardized testing, and controlled learning than on inquiry and discovery. Berliner emphasizes how …