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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
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,