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Tanto nel tempo libero - in cui ogni forma di scoperta e avventura è proibita fuori dal controllo dei genitori - quanto a scuola - dove vigono la competizione, la disciplina e la tortura dello studio al banco - per i bambini non esistono più spazi di autonomia. Qual è il risultato? Una gioventù ansiosa e disinteressata, che percepisce la vita come una corsa a ostacoli. Ma un modello alternativo esiste. Un modello che sostiene la curiosità, la gioiosità e la capacità di socializzare, e che dà ai ragazzi l'opportunità di crescere liberamente. Mettendo in discussione molto di ciò che diamo per scontato in tema di formazione, "Lasciateli giocare" ci ricorda che i bambini sono esseri pensanti e pieni di risorse, non dei prigionieri. E che l'educazione non deve essere una punizione, ma un'aspirazione naturale, una gioia.
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- Pagine: 287
- Data di uscita: 31-03-2015
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Half-way through this book I wanted to go back to teaching and use this knowledge in my classrooms, alas I am devoted to raising my children, at least for the next few years. I am a high school teacher, a John Holt fan-girl, and a parent of two children under 5. The major concepts of this book are not Leggi tutto
I've only read the introduction and part of the first chapter, but I'm already wary about where this book is headed. On the cover (which I read as I grabbed it off of my library's shelf) it looks like a book advocating more free time for kids (agree 100%). The author explains how kids used to have m Leggi tutto
I was homeschooled a bit growing up. It wasn't by choice, and I so suppose it wasn't actually true homeschooling. Rather, I had a "home-bound teacher" who delivered my assignments and lessons for portions of eighth, tenth, and eleventh grades when I was too sick from chemotherapy to attend classes.
“Children are designed, by nature, to play and explore on their own, independently of adults. They need freedom in order to develop; without it they suffer. The drive to play freely is a basic, biological drive. Lack of free play…kills the spirit and stunts mental growth.” I’ve been a professional ed Leggi tutto
"What is it about our species that makes us the cultural animal?" Free to Learn was an interesting read . The book is a contrarian critique of our entire education system. It is a relic from Protestant-era disciplinarianism in desperate need of a bottom-up reworking; asserts the author. Fortunately, I Leggi tutto
I am generally sympathetic to the conclusions of this book. However, the author makes many sweeping characterizations that I'm skeptical of. For example, he makes it sound like primitive people's lives were utopian. These kinds of characterizations made me skeptical to the entire book.
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