David Warlick at 2 Cents Worth shares some ideas on how to create a culture of learning in schools in the blog post 10 Ways to Promote Learning Lifestyle in Your School.

1. Hire learners. Ask prospective employees, “Tell me about something that you have learned lately.” “How did you learn it?” “What are you seeking to learn more about right now?”
2. Open your faculty meetings with something that you’ve just learned – and how you learned it. It does not have to be about school, instruction, education managements, or the latest theories of learning.
3. Make frequent mention of your Twitter stream, RSS reader, specific bloggers you read. Again, this should not be limited to job specific topics.
4. Share links to specific TED talks or other mini-lectures by interesting and smart people, then share and ask for reactions during faculty meetings, in the halls, or during casual conversations with employees and parents just before the PTO meeting.
5. Include in the daily announcements, something new and interesting (Did you know that a California power utility has just gotten permission to start buying electricity from outer space?).

You can read the rest of his ideas at 2 Cents Worth.

These are good ideas to encourage teachers to encourage students to be lifelong learners. While not everyone is as curious as others, there are ways to unleash students’ inner curiosity. Another idea is to encourage students to teach other students what they have learned, similar to the practice of “see one, do one, teach one” in medical schools. Students who have to teach their peers, may be more motivated to learn the material.