All Is Not Lost When There is Play
Element Is Everything
English - June 25, 2021 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsEducation independent learning self-directed learner student ownership personalized learning charter schools montessori homeschooling power traits waldorf Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Play is self-determined learning at its best, Peter Gray author of Free to Learn states, nature does not turn off our desire and capacity to learn when children turn five or six, we turn it off with our coercive system of schooling. In this episode, Terri speaks with Dr. Gray on the history and value of play, parenting styles, his definition of play, and the concept of learning loss.
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