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The hungry mind : the origins of curiosity in childhood / Susan L. Engel.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]Description: 220 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674736757
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.4/133 23
LOC classification:
  • BF723.C8 E54 2015
Contents:
Capturing curiosity -- Safe havens and expeditions -- The conversationalist -- Invitations and prohibitions -- Curiosity goes to school -- What fuels learning -- The gossip -- The uses of time and solitude -- Cultivating curiosity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Capturing curiosity -- Safe havens and expeditions -- The conversationalist -- Invitations and prohibitions -- Curiosity goes to school -- What fuels learning -- The gossip -- The uses of time and solitude -- Cultivating curiosity.

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