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Chargement... Free to learn : why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life (édition 2013)par Peter Gray
Information sur l'oeuvreFree to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life par Peter Gray
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Really wanted to LOVE this. And I did love the chapters on the science of play and Sudbury Valley. Bonus points for the inspiring T1 story. The rest? Pretty much re-hash of stuff I knew already and nowhere near enough stuff on homeschooling/unschooling. Demerits for including Playborhood as an example of child-led play - the dad made his shy kid do this because it was "good for him" - there is very little that is self-directed about Mike Lanza's approach to play and what he deems "good for kids." I like Lanza's results (kind of), but his philosophy is radically different than what Peter Gray espouses - and, to me, that gave me a whiff of sloppy due diligence. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Both inside and 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. Gray argues that we are squelching our children's' natural instincts to learn, equipped with the curiosity, playfulness, and sociability to direct their own education.
"In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that our children, if free to pursue their own interests through play, will not only learn all they need to know, but will do so with energy and passion. Children come into this world burning to learn, equipped with the curiosity, playfulness, and sociability to direct their own education. Yet we have squelched such instincts in a school model originally developed to indoctrinate, not to promote intellectual growth. To foster children who will thrive in today's constantly changing world, we must entrust them to steer their own learning and development. Drawing on evidence from anthropology, psychology, and history, Gray demonstrates that free play is the primary means by which children learn to control their lives, solve problems, get along with peers, and become emotionally resilient. This capacity to learn through play evolved long ago, in hunter-gatherer bands where children acquired the skills of the culture through their own initiatives. And these instincts still operate remarkably well today, as studies at alternative, democratically administered schools show. When children are in charge of their own education, they learn better--and at lower cost than the traditional model of coercive schooling."--Publisher's description. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Gray has the optimistic view that in the future, we will view schools modelled after Sudbury Valley School as the norm, and look back on this era of forced schooling and distrustful parenting as an unpleasant historical moment.
Children are learning machines. But this book is not a manual on the operation for that machine. Rather, it is more of an investigation into the current tragedy of not using the machine to its fullest potential, causing our culture to be poorer because of this.
If you're thinking implementing un-schooling for your kids, this book is not a how to, but more of a why that you might use to convince the traditionalists in your social circle. ( )