Tabla de Contenidos: “…Approaching Accuracy; Curiosity and Its Fulfillment; What Is Accuracy?; Chapter Organization; The Importance of Accuracy; Three Propositions; Social and Personality Psychology: Separation and Integration; Renewed Research on Accuracy; The Agenda of Accuracy Research and Plan for the Book; Chapter 2. …”

“…The book considers key learning dispositions such as perseverance, determination, confidence, responsibility, courage and curiosity and shows how physical play helps to develop children's organisational skills, team work, risk management, communication and raise their self-esteem. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Gary Thomas and Georgina Glenny -- Taking curiosity seriously: the role of awe and Wanda in research-based professionalism / Marion Dadds -- What a difference a decade makes: reflections on doing 'emancipatory' disability research -- New voices and relationships -- Research by children / Priscilla Alderson -- The ethical and methodological complexities of doing research with 'vulnerable' young people / Gill Valentine, Ruth Butler and Tracey Skelton -- Children with special needs, teachers with special needs / Ros Frost -- 'Do you get some funny looks when you tell people what you do?…”
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“…Highlights include: - The dangers of calling our children clever, bright and gifted; - The best ways to teach wisdom; - How to help children excel in exams; - Why curiosity did not kill the cat. With a foreword written by John Hattie, Encouraging Learning draws on research from some of the most respected experts on thinking and learning to identify the best ways to help children learn more effectively, efficiently and co-operatively. …”
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“…On 9 January 1632, at the inauguration of the Amsterdam Illustrious School - the predecessor of the city's university - Caspar Barlaeus delivered a speech that has continued to arouse the curiosity of researchers and the general public alike: Mercator sapiens. …”

“…In philosophy, the "desire to know" is not a curiosity for solutions, it is a desire to question- and that is nothing innate. …”

“…Young children rarely lack curiosity, but as they enter the teenage years their appetite for learning often appears to shrink. …”

“…After its eclipse by the piano, the harpsichord survived primarily as a museum curiosity until the end of the nineteenth century. …”

“…Pritchard describes six mental principles: * Attentive curiosity: slow down, observe calmly * Undulation: move side-to-side to build strength * Clear intent: know when and how to act * Grappling: engage the issue or opponent with confidence * Rolling waves: demonstrate persistence and the will to triumph * Whirlwind: when necessary, unleash an all-out onslaught Using colorful anecdotes, insightful examples, and inspiring stories, Pritchard shows how these six principles will help readers maintain focus and balance -- no matter what obstacles await them…”

“…Liquid crystals (LCs) were discovered more than a century ago, and were, for a long time, treated as a physical curiosity, until the development of flat panel screens and display devices caused a revolution in the information display industry, and in fact in society. …”

“…From a corner in which one can withdraw, to a kitchen inviting to hang around, or displayed artworks that pique one's curiosity, caregivers use the material environment to stir up the slightest affinity from teenagers. …”

“…This practical guide to software engineering will enable aspiring and new developers to satisfy their curiosity about the industry and become ready to learn more about the basics before beginning to explore programming languages, along with helping junior and upcoming developers to effectively apply their knowledge in the field. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover Page -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Places -- 1 Choreographing the Rjukan–Notodden industrial heritage: Uses of heritage in the Cultural Schoolbag -- 2 Museums and the socio-material emergence of curiosity -- 3 “An ‘Acropolis’ in miniature” and a house that “must be filled with spirit and content”: Ideals of Bildung in the building of two Scandinavian schools in the 1920s -- 4 Street names as monuments and a starting point for teaching historical knowledge -- 5 Reboot and gather your thoughts: Place-based writing as a learning resource for novice scholars -- 6 Discovering ecologies of learning in place-conscious education -- Part II Activities and artifacts -- 7 A war souvenir as learning resource -- 8 Working with twenty-first-century skills through engaging with indigenous perspectives in teacher education -- 9 Play-based learning discourses in the Norwegian and English curricula -- 10 Critical thinking in the 1950s: Language dispute, textbooks, and newspaper debates in a Norwegian upper secondary school -- 11 Into the woods: Forestation as education -- 12 Songs in English-language education: A well-known resource used in the twenty-first century -- Part III New media -- 13 Teaching about pornography: A historical perspective on educational resources -- 14 Gamers’ perspectives on the First World War: Developing historical consciousness using video games in teacher education -- 15 Roles in peer interaction in comment sections in educational blogs -- 16 Redesign as method in critical literacy education -- Afterword -- Index…”

“…The parasitic lifestyle in plants has always been the subject of curiosity of scientists, but during the last decade, our understanding of parasitic plant–host interactions has greatly evolved due to rapid advances in molecular and genomic tools, especially high throughput DNA sequencing, transcriptomics, and metabolomics. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Visions and Transitions of a Pilgrimage of Curiosity: Pietro Della Valle's Travel to Istanbul (1614-1615) / PART III. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Choreographing the Rjukan-Notodden industrial heritage : uses of heritage in the cultural schoolbag / Audhild Lindheim Kennedy -- Museums and the socio-material emergence of curiosity / Lise Camilla Ruud -- "An 'Acropolis' in miniature" and a house that "must be filled with spirit and content" : ideals of Bildung in the building of two Scandinavian schools in the 1920s / Anne Helene H. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Are you Inquisitive? Cultivate Curiosity!; Chapter 4. Do you have Nerve? Grow a Thicker Skin!…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Types of Boundaries; What It Takes to Team; Mutual Curiosity; Psychological Safety; Process Guidelines; When Conflict Heats Up; Hot and Cool Cognition; Three Practices That Cool Hot Conflict; Embracing the Risks of Teaming; Fail Well; Unpacking Failure; Failure's Causes; Mapping the Failure Landscape; Failing Well-At the Right Scale; Leading Failure; Courage and Fear…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Carlile -- Biography -- Notes -- Part III Organizational Culture -- Chapter 12 Developing a Curious Culture at Work -- What Is Curiosity? -- What Inhibits Curiosity? -- How to Fix It? …”

“…From even the start of his fabled career, Alan Greenspan was duly famous for his deep understanding of even the most arcane corners of the American economy, and his restless curiosity to know even more. To the extent possible, he has made a science of understanding how the US economy works almost as a living organism--how it grows and changes, surges and stalls. …”