In the article “Schools are killing curiosity”, Wendy Berliner clarifies how schools are suppressing children’s curiosity due to the education system. The writer gives an example how children shift their interest in the weather outside rather than the lesson that …
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Summary of Schools Kill Curiosity – ZiXuan Wu
In the article, “Schools are Killing Curiosity”, Wendy Berliner states that schools suppress our natural curiosity, with proof from various research papers. Berliner refers to studies that focus on grades, and even states that focus seems to be more important …
Summary of Schools Kill Curiosity – Davina
In the article, “Schools Are Killing Curiosity,” Wendy Berliner believes that schools can sometimes suppress our natural curiosity. Berliner thinks teachers should encourage us to ask more questions and be more creative in how we learn. Berliner points to studies …
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 …
Summary of Schools Kill Curiosity – Jazmine Saldana
In the article “Schools Kill Curiosity” by Wendy Berliner it’s expresses how the traditional education system restricts children’s curiosity at a very young age, causing further issues once adults. They become less vocal and start to ask less and less …
Summary “School Kill Curiosity”- Christi Chan
In the article “School Kills Curiosity”, the writer Wendy Berliner writes about how curious young students are being shut down by teachers because of the educational systems. The writer introduces the article with a scene of young students with their …
Summary of “School Kills Curiosity”- Brianna M
The author of the essay “Schools Kill Curiosity” delves further into how schools suppress children’s natural curiosity at a young age and how this causes children to remain silent and afraid of questioning even as adults. According to research by …
Summary of “Schools Kill Curiosity” – Jelani Creary
“Schools kill curiosity” by Wendy Berliner is about how in the quest to produce hard working students, children are institutionalized to prioritize focusing and good behavior, instead of satiating their curiosity which’ll allow them to become better critical thinkers. “When …
Summary of Schools Kill Curiosity – Said Babaev
In the article “Schools Are Killing Curiosity,” Wendy Berliner writes that while we know ‘curious’ children do better academically, most schools are failing to teach curiosity. Berliner cites research from the University of Michigan demonstrating that, as kids get older, …
Summary of Schools Kill Curiosity – Jhan P.
In the article “Schools Kill Curiosity” by Wendy Berliner, it argues that traditional education systems hinders children’s curiosity by prioritizing standardized testing and strict curriculums over curious learning. She states how young children, who are naturally curious and ask numerous …
