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McGuffee, Michael – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Teachers need to encourage wonder, curiosity, and speculation in their students, and in themselves, because these emotions form the wellspring of science and discovery. By limiting their curriculum to the known world and proven facts, teachers may stifle their students' curiosity about the unknown. (MDM)
Descriptors: Curiosity, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Exploratory Behavior
