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Many people, whether educators or not, will agree that an education
that does not inspire wonder is barren. Wonder is commonly
perceived as akin to curiosity, as stimulating inquiry, and as
something that enhances pleasure in learning, but there are many
experiences of wonder that do not have an obvious place in
education. In Wonder and Education, Anders Schinkel theorises a
kind of wonder with less obvious yet fundamental educational
importance which he calls 'contemplative wonder'. Contemplative
wonder disrupts frameworks of understanding that are taken for
granted and perceived as natural and draws our attention to the
world behind our constructions, sparking our interest in the world
as something worth attending to for its own sake rather than for
our purposes. It opens up space for the consideration of (radical)
alternatives wherever it occurs, and in many cases is linked with
deep experiences of value; therefore, it is not just important for
education in general, but also, more specifically, for moral and
political education.
Many people, whether educators or not, will agree that an education
that does not inspire wonder is barren. Wonder is commonly
perceived as akin to curiosity, as stimulating inquiry, and as
something that enhances pleasure in learning, but there are many
experiences of wonder that do not have an obvious place in
education. In Wonder and Education, Anders Schinkel theorises a
kind of wonder with less obvious yet fundamental educational
importance which he calls 'contemplative wonder'. Contemplative
wonder disrupts frameworks of understanding that are taken for
granted and perceived as natural and draws our attention to the
world behind our constructions, sparking our interest in the world
as something worth attending to for its own sake rather than for
our purposes. It opens up space for the consideration of (radical)
alternatives wherever it occurs, and in many cases is linked with
deep experiences of value; therefore, it is not just important for
education in general, but also, more specifically, for moral and
political education.
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