Bibliograph

Free to learn, why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life, Peter Gray

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Free to learn, why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life, Peter Gray

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Free to learn

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

828630364

Responsibility statement

Peter Gray

Sub title

why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- What have we done to childhood? -- The play-filled lives of Hunter-Gatherer children -- Why schools are what they are : a brief history of education -- Seven sins of our system of forced education -- Lessons from Sudbury Valley : mother nature can prevail in modern times -- The human educative instincts -- The playful state of mind -- The role of play in social and emotional development -- Free age mixing : a key ingredient for children's capacity for self-education -- Trustful parenting in our modern world -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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