How Change Happens (with Peter Gray)

<p>Peter Gray has spent much of his career demonstrating how children learn through play. His book “Free to Learn” helped fuel the unschooling movement - but will the educational mainstream ever shift in response?</p> <p>This episode explores Peter’s hopes that we will reach a tipping point - beyond which self-directed learning becomes the norm - and his fears about what may prevent it.</p> <p><strong>Timings:</strong></p> <p>01:30 Free to Learn</p> <p>17:40 The Tipping Point theory of social change</p> <p>36:14 Peter’s education journey</p> <p>53:02 A personal update from Stan</p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p>Peter Gray is the author of Free to Learn: <a href="https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/peter-gray/free-to-learn/9780465084999/"><u>https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/peter-gray/free-to-learn/9780465084999/</u></a></p> <p>What happens to graduates of Sudbury Valley School? <a href="https://www.self-directed.org/resource/gray-and-chanoff-1986/"><u>https://www.self-directed.org/resource/gray-and-chanoff-1986/</u></a></p> <p>Fact check: long-term trends suggests the US home-school rate is around 5%, but a Covid-era survey suggested 10% of parents intended to home-school: <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/317852/parents-satisfaction-child-education-slips.aspx"><u>https://news.gallup.com/poll/317852/parents-satisfaction-child-education-slips.aspx</u></a></p>