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Using Curiosity in the Classroom

 When we were talking about the different types of curiosity last class, I couldnt help but wonder how exactly we should shape curriculum in order to bring all forms of curiosity into the classroom. I do think that it is important to foster curiosity in the classroom so that students are actually invested in the material that they are learning, but as we learn more and more about the structures that exist in the classroom (loops, curiosity, conscious, unconscious etc.) as well as the other factors like resources (or lack thereof), standards etc. it seems like we keep adding more and more to the teacher's plate. Is there any way that all of these things can be taken into consideration all at once, or are there time where you are going to have to value one at the cost of another? Should we making sure that all factors come into curriculum creation at some points but maybe not all points?

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