Boxes of learning delight and cabinets of curiosities

Matthew McFall of Nottingham University spoke at ALT-C 2009 about learning with wonder for wonderful learning.

His key words for ways into wonder included mirrors, puzzles, magic, clews (the thread Perseus used to help him through the Minotaur’s labyrinth), interest, mercury and enchantment.

His boxes of delight are used to collect conceptions of wonder, to collect wondrous things, to share wonder with others, to support a quest for wonder and to help to build a wonder wall.

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