What if Learning Were a Delight?

What If Learning Were a Delight?

During a recent conversation, someone said the word, “delight.” And it was… delightful. It made me remember the power of delight when it comes to learning. Delight, through the vessel of discovery, is what drives the Curiosity-Based Learning process, Discovery Learning.

The idea behind Discovery Learning is that learning is a gift so, what if we started packaging it as such? What if, rather than presenting learning as work or for an existentially distant score, we delivered it in a way that was anticipated with the enthusiasm of a birthday present? 

What if the objective of our teaching is to lead our students to learning, but the goal is to leave them filled with wonder… and delight? And what if, this delight wasn’t a sticker, star, or platitude as existentially distant as a score, but a delight that one feels only after truly learning something?

So, from this day forward, what if you do your students and yourself a favor by finding ways to bring more delight to your learning experiences. What if you discover delight takes less time, money, or other resources than most of the other stuff you’re currently cramming into your lessons? And what if delight is easily repeated? It’s as much the process of opening the package as what’s in it that makes getting presents such a delight; definitely recycle any approach that delights up your learning. 

If you ever get stuck, making learning more delightful, I’m here to help. Delight is what Curiosity-Based Learning is all about. Happy to connect and share how Curiosity Based Learning can help make your in-person and remote learning experiences delightful ones.