Wider-sensory exploration: Fostering curiosity in teaching and learning strategies

This article explores how wider-sensory engagement in the curriculum can foster and stimulate curiosity in teaching and learning. By discussing research on curiosity, the development of a hypothesis on curiosity cultivation and workshop case studies, it also attempts to demystify curiosity. With the aim of instigating discussion on how teaching strategies can develop more measurable indicators of curiosity, it considers potential tangible methods of stimulating wider-sensory engagement within the student learning experience to inform creative and research outcomes. These include enabling educators to share discussions on how we could embed and incorporate wider-sensory creative provocations in assignment briefs.