Curiosity Resources
Curiosity Bibliography
The following resources have contributed to Wilkening Consulting's research and thinking on curiosity and informal learning. A few have been reviewed on The Curated Bookshelf.
*These resources are a particularly helpful introduction to the topic.
The following resources have contributed to Wilkening Consulting's research and thinking on curiosity and informal learning. A few have been reviewed on The Curated Bookshelf.
*These resources are a particularly helpful introduction to the topic.
- Arnone, Marilyn P. and Small, Ruth V. “Arousing and Sustaining Curiosity: Lessons from the ARCs Model.” Proceedings of the 1995 Annual National Convention of the Association for Educational Communities and Technology, 1995.
- Bethell, Christina, et.al. “Family Resilience and Connection Promote Flourishing Among US Children, Even Amid Adversity.” Health Affairs 38, no. 5, 2019.
- *Cacioppo, John, et. al. “Dispositional Differences in Cognitive Motivation: The Life and Times of Individuals Varying in Need for Cognition.” Psychological Bulletin 119, no. 2, 1996, pp. 197 – 253.
- Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, and Hermanson, Kim. “Intrinsic Motivations in Museums: What Makes Visitors Want to Learn?” Museum News 74, no. 3, 1995: 35.
- Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, and Hermanson, Kim. “Intrinsic Motivations in Museums: Why Does One Want to Learn?” In Hooper-Greenhill The Educational Role of the Museum. New York: Routledge, 1994.
- Deci, Edward L. and Ryan, Richard M. “A Motivational Approach to Self: Integration in Personality” Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 38, 1990, pp. 237 - 288. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1991.
- *Dweck, Carol. Mindset. New York: Ballantine Books, 2006.
- Engel, Susan. The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood. Harvard University Press, 2018.
- Epstein, David. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. New York: Riverhead Books, 2019.
- *Gino, Francesca. “The Business Case for Curiosity.” Harvard Business Review, September-October 2018 pp. 48 - 57.
- Gottfried, Allen W., et. al. Gifted IQ: Early Developmental Aspects; The Fullerton Longitudinal Study. New York: Plenum Press, 1994.
- Graham, Angela. “Persistence without External Rewards: A Study of Adult Learners in Art Museum and Planetarium Education Programs.” Ph.D. dissertation, Northern Illinois University, 1990.
- Gruber, Matthias J., Bernard D. Gelman, and Charan Ranganath. “States of Curiosity Modulate Hippocampus-Dependent Learning via the Dopaminergic Circuit.” Neuron, Volume 81, Issue 2, 22 October 2014, pp. 486-496.
- Gruber, Matthias. “This Is Your Brain on Curiosity.” Video, 2015 TEDx UC Davis Salon, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmaTPPB-T_s.
- Hidi, Suzanne, and Renninger, K. Ann. “The Four-Phase Model of Interest Development.” Educational Psychologist, 41, no. 2, 2006, pp. 111 - 127.
- Hunter, Jeremy P. and Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. “The Positive Psychology of Interested Adolescents.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 32, no. 1, 2003, pp. 27 - 35.
- *Kashdan, Todd. Ph.D. Curious? New York: HarperCollins, 2009
- Kashdan et al. “The five-dimensional curiosity scale: Capturing the bandwidth of curiosity and identifying four unique subgroups of curious people.” Journal of Research in Personality 73, 2018, pp. 130–149.
- Leslie, Ian. Curious: The Desire to Know and Why your Future Depends on it. London: Quercus, 2014.
- Litman, Jordan A. “Curiosity and the Pleasures of Learning: Wanting and Liking New Information.” Cognition and Emotion 19, no. 6, 2005, pp. 793-814.
- Loewenstein, George. “The Psychology of Curiosity: A Review and Reinterpretation.” Psychological Bulletin, vol. 116, no. 1, 1994, pp.75-98.
- McCombs, Barbara. “Motivation and Lifelong Learning.” Educational Psychologist 25, no. 2, 1991, pp. 117-127.
- Mezirow, Jack. Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.
- Nielsen, Sigurd Solhaug. "Stimulating Curiosity for Global Poverty and Inequality. An Explorative Study of Students' Experiences with the Exhibition 'A World at Stake.'" Nordisk Museologi, no. 2, published 2017.
- Norris, Linda, and Rainey Tisdale. Creativity in Museum Practice. Left Coast Press, 2013.
- Nussbaum, Martha. Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
- Olson, Kenneth, et.al. “Curiosity and Need for Cognition.” Psychological Reports, 54, 1984, pp. 71-74.
- Packer, Jan. “Learning for Fun: The Unique Contribution of Educational Leisure Experiences.” Jan. Curator 49, no. 3, 2006, pp. 329-344.
- Pew Research Center, November 20, 2018, “Where Americans Find Meaning in Life.”
- Piaget, Jean, and Inhelder, Barbel. Memory and Intelligence. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1973.
- Raine, Adrian, et. al. “Stimulation Seeking and Intelligence: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 82, no. 4, 2002, pp. 663 - 674.
- Rounds, Jay. “Strategies for the Curiosity-Driven Museum Visitor.” Curator 47, no. 4, 2004 pp. 389-412.
- Sansone, Carol, and Harackiewicz, Judith M. eds. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Search for Optimal Motivation and Performance. New York: Academic Press, 2000.
- “State of Curiosity Report 2016.” Merch KGaA, 2016.
- *von Stumm, Sophie, et. al. “The Hungry Mind: Intellectual Curiosity is the Third Pillar of Academic Performance.” Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 2011, pp. 574-588.
- Willingham, Daniel. "Why Aren't We Curious About the Things We Want to Be Curious About?" New York Times. October 18, 2019.
- *Zaki, Jamil. The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World. New York: Crown Publishing, 2019.
- Zuckerman, Ethan. Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013.