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In these…heavily scripted environments where curriculum often comes, literally, from a box, children’s brains can seem like little more than empty tanks waiting for a teacher to pump them with information; the children aren’t seen to have their own source of fuel. This filling-station perspective ignores the extraordinary hardwiring of young children to be curious, to explore, to connect, to feel, and to solve—all of which are skills that predict the academic outcomes most adults want for their children.

Quote ID: 02799

Author

Erika Christakis

Source

The Importance Of Being Little

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