Doreen Gehry Nelson - Cultivating Curiosity: Teaching and Learning Reimagined - 503

<p></p> <p></p> <p>Doreen Gehry Nelson talks with me about her book Cultivating Curiosity: Teaching and Learning Redesigned. This is episode 503 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.</p> <p>Doreen Gehry Nelson is Professor Emerita of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, School of Education and Integrative Studies; Adjunct Professor in the Cal Poly College of Environmental  Design; was Professor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, from 2002-present; and in 2019 was named Founding Director of the Design-Based Learning Project by the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies–Center X. </p> <p>An award-winning, 50-year veteran educator and published author in the field of education, Nelson began developing her Design-Based Learning methodology (formerly called City Building Education) in the late 1960s to ignite creativity, promote high-level transfer of learning, and foster cross-curricular critical thinking skills among K-12 students using the spatial domain. </p> <p>She was named one of the 30 top American innovators in education by the New York Times in 1991 and is the recipient of both the American Institute of Architecture’s</p> <p> prestigious Lifetime Honorary Membership (the highest honor for a non-architect) and the California State University’s state-wide, 2006 Wang Award for Excellence in Education.</p> <p>Today we will be focused on her book - Cultivating Curiosity: Teaching and Learning Reimagined.</p> <p>So much to learn...</p> <p>But wait...</p> <p>By the way, the new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington.</p> <p>Connect with Brian at <a href='mailto:briankbuffington@gmail.com'>briankbuffington@gmail.com</a> or go to his website at </p> <p><a href='https://briankbuffington.com/'>https://briankbuffington.com/</a></p> <p>He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool.</p> <p>Thanks, Brian!</p> <p>Oh, yeah...</p> <p>Could you do me a favor? Please go t