Part 3
In the article ” Schools are Killing Curiosity” by Wendy Berliner, An educational journalist argues that teachers should encourage questioning to foster the development of curiosity in children. The article’s primary audience is educators and parents, while the secondary audience includes the general public. The article describes a feature piece to raise awareness about traditional education’s impact on students’ creativity and curiosity development. The author draws on her educational background, citing her books “How To Succeed At School” and “What Every Parent Should Know,” (ethos here) as well as research studies to convince the audience of her arguments (logos here). For instance, she cites Paul Howard Jones, a neuroscience professor, who observed children playing with toys in an experiment conducted by Suzan Engel. Engel took away the children’s toys and gave them everyday objects, which resulted in increased creativity and curiosity among the children. The author uses Jones’s insight into Engel’s investigation to support her argument.–this belongs more in the summary! Although the piece was published in 2020 during the pandemic, it’s still relevant as we are reintroduced to regular schooling after such a difficult time, highlighting the significance of the author’s research findings and knowledge.
Part 4
” Unscripted queries go mainly unanswered, and learning opportunities are lost” Berlin, Paragraph 2
” Yet the latest American research Suggests we should be encouraging questions because curious children do better” Berlin,Paragraph 3
“Reading maths and behavior were then checked in kindergarten(the first year of school), where they found that the most curious children perform best.” Berlin,Paragraph 4
“Further, the researchers found that when it came to good school performance, the ability to stay focused and, for example, not be distracted by a thunderstorm, was less important than curiosity – the questions children might have about that storm” Berlin, Paragraph 5
“Teachers who concentrate on developing focus and good behavior because of the links to good academic performance, now need to take on board that developing curiosity could be even more important” Berlin,paragraph 6
“Children are born curious. The number of questions a toddler can ask seems infinite – it is one of the critical methods humans adopt to learn” Paragraph 7
“Researchers logging questions asked by children aged 14 months to five years found they asked an average of 107 questions an hour. One child was asking three questions a minute at his peak” Berlin, paragraph 7
“There is not enough time in schools for creativity and following up on curiosity,” Professor Howard-Jones of Bristol University Neuroscience, Last paragraph.
Tone?