Spark Learning: 3 Keys to Embracing the Power of Student Curiosity

Curiosity changes everything.

In 2008, Ramsey Musallam was stuck in what he describes as an ineffective rut of “pseudoteaching.” Students liked him, but they didn’t get the point of his lessons. They did well enough on the tests, but they failed to really understand the material.

He wanted more—for them and for himself. Maybe you can relate.

For Ramsey, the journey to a better way of teaching began not in the classroom, but on the operating table where he underwent a new, lifesaving heart...