What should schools do to promote wonder?. (4th July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wolbert, Lynne; Schinkel, Anders
• Is Part Of: Oxford review of education. Volume 47:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 439
• Page End: 454
• Publication Date: 2021-07-04
• Subjects: Wonder -- wonder-full education -- perspective development -- pedagogical tact; Education -- Periodicals; 370
• DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2020.1856648
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-4985

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Wonder-full education recognises experiences of wonder as lying at the heart of learning and education. If we accept the premise that wonder is important for/in education, what should characterise wonder-full education? This paper clarifies what it is like to wonder, how the aims of wonder-full education are best described, and it discusses three dimensions of wonder-full education: the educators, the curriculum, and the ethos of the classroom and school. It is argued that the success of a wonder-full curriculum hinges on the capacities of the teacher, both her pedagogical tact and her ability to wonder herself.