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Published on February 4th, 2021 | by Cara Gormally

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Questions Without Good Answers: A Comic

My child asks "Why" constantly--and I don't always have good answers.

Citations

  1. Sak R. 2020. Preschoolers’ difficult questions and their teachers’ responses. Early Childhood Education Journal.
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  7. Crowley K., Jacobs M. 2002. Building islands of expertise in everyday family activity. In: Leinhardt G., Crowley K., Knutson K. Learning Conversations in Museums. 2002. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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  9. Direct quote from: Sak R. 2020. Preschoolers’ difficult questions and their teachers’ responses. Early Childhood Education Journal. Idea from: Olsson L.M. 2013. Taking children’s questions seriously: the need for creative thought. Global Studies of Childhood 3(3): 230-253.

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About the Author

Cara Gormally is a biology professor who draws comics to make science relevant to everyday life. Their autobiographical science story comics have appeared on Medium’s Spiralbound and at Popula, among other places. See more on Instagram and at caragormally.com. Their debut book, REBOOT, will be published by Street Noise Books in 2025.



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