Where's Wonder?
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| Title: | Where's Wonder? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Burton, Fr |
| Source: | International Journal of Progressive Education. Feb 2013 9(1):109-118. |
| Availability: | International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Museums, Reggio Emilia Approach, Progressive Education, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Play, Preschool Education |
| Geographic Terms: | Italy, Ohio |
| ISSN: | 1554-5210 |
| Abstract: | After 36 years of working as a progressive educator in American schools, the author notes the near absence of joy, passion, and imagination that today's students experience. He asks, "Where's wonder?" In this essay, the author makes a case for the role of wonder in learning as he reflects on his work with schools and museum educators at the Columbus Museum of Art's Center for Creativity. After sharing his own perspectives on wonder, he further explores and frames the idea by reconsidering two concepts from two major philosophers and practitioners of progressive education: 1) the late progressive philosopher and physicist David Hawkins and 2) educator Eleanor Duckworth. Drawing inspiration from the preschools of Reggio Emilia, the author then makes a special case for wonder as a group endeavor that contributes to something larger than the individual. (Contains 3 notes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 12 |
| Entry Date: | 2013 |
| Access URL: | https://www.inased.org/ijpepi.htm |
| Accession Number: | EJ1006721 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | After 36 years of working as a progressive educator in American schools, the author notes the near absence of joy, passion, and imagination that today's students experience. He asks, "Where's wonder?" In this essay, the author makes a case for the role of wonder in learning as he reflects on his work with schools and museum educators at the Columbus Museum of Art's Center for Creativity. After sharing his own perspectives on wonder, he further explores and frames the idea by reconsidering two concepts from two major philosophers and practitioners of progressive education: 1) the late progressive philosopher and physicist David Hawkins and 2) educator Eleanor Duckworth. Drawing inspiration from the preschools of Reggio Emilia, the author then makes a special case for wonder as a group endeavor that contributes to something larger than the individual. (Contains 3 notes.) |
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| ISSN: | 1554-5210 |
