The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood

By Susan Engel

Book Overview

Despite American education's mania for standardized tests, testing misses what matters most about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Susan Engel offers a highly readable exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how educators can put curiosity at the center of the classroom.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674736753
• ISBN13: 9780674736757
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 10.1"