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Susan Engel is a developmental psychologist and senior lecturer in psychology at Williams College. Her research focuses on curiosity, learning, and the development of narrative and imagination in children.
Known for: The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood
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The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood
This book explores how curiosity develops in children and how it shapes their learning and intellectual growth. Drawing on psychological research and classroom observations, Susan Engel examines the social and cognitive factors that foster or inhibit curiosity, offering insights into how parents and educators can nurture inquisitiveness and creativity.
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Historical and Theoretical Background
Curiosity has been a subject of fascination since early philosophical thought. From Aristotle’s observation that all humans, by nature, desire to know, to Dewey’s linking of curiosity with genuine inquiry, intellectual history has always been intertwined with this drive. Yet only in the twentieth ce...
From The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood
Observing Curiosity in Children
Over years of research, I spent hours watching children’s natural behavior in classrooms and homes. True curiosity, I found, rarely announces itself in grand gestures. It emerges in the smallest exchanges—a child turning an object over and over, testing how far a spoon can bend before it breaks, or ...
From The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood
About Susan Engel
Susan Engel is a developmental psychologist and senior lecturer in psychology at Williams College. Her research focuses on curiosity, learning, and the development of narrative and imagination in children. She has authored several books on child development and education.
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