Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
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Book Summary
About the Book: Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life Our children spend their days being passively instructed, and made to sit still and take tests?often against their will. We call this imprisonment schooling, yet wonder why kids become bored and misbehave. Even outside of school children today seldom play and explore without adult supervision, and are afforded few opportunities to control their own lives. The result: anxious, unfocused children who see schooling?and life?as a series of hoops to struggle through. In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that our children,
ISBN-13
9780465084999
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Basic Books
Publishing Date
2015-02-10
Total Pages
288

Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

by Peter Gray (Author),
Basic Books (Publisher)
fictionfantasyyoung adultaward winning
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Book Summary
About the Book: Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life Our children spend their days being passively instructed, and made to sit still and take tests?often against their will. We call this imprisonment schooling, yet wonder why kids become bored and misbehave. Even outside of school children today seldom play and explore without adult supervision, and are afforded few opportunities to control their own lives. The result: anxious, unfocused children who see schooling?and life?as a series of hoops to struggle through. In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that our children,
Book Specifications
ISBN-13
9780465084999
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Basic Books
Publishing Date
2015-02-10
Total Pages
288