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

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.<br />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. <br />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. <br />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<br /> 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.<br />Today we will be focused on her book - Cultivating Curiosity: Teaching and Learning Reimagined.<br />So much to learn...<br />But wait...<br />By the way, the new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington.<br />Connect with Brian at <a href="mailto:briankbuffington@gmail.com">briankbuffington@gmail.com</a> or go to his website at <br /><a href="https://briankbuffington.com/" rel="noopener">https://briankbuffington.com/</a><br />He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool.<br />Thanks, Brian!<br />Oh, yeah...<br />Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at <a href="https:/