Peter Gray
Guest on Hidden Brain
Peter Gray is a research professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College, known for his work on children’s natural ways of learning and the evolutionary importance of play. He is the author of the widely used textbook “Psychology” and the book “Free to Learn,” and he writes and speaks extensively about self-directed education and play-based learning.
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The Gardener and the Carpenter👍 Recommends
…peter gray recommending a parenting book about contrasting approaches to child development
“One thing I would recommend to parents is the book by Alison Gopnik called The Gardener and the Carpenter. Gopnik is one of the leading developmental psychologists in the country who studied cognitive development among children problem solving development. But this book, The Gardener and the Carpenter, is oriented towards parents and she describes there are two contrasting styles of parenting. The gardener approach which is the approach obviously that she favors is so you plant the seed, you provide the fertilizer, you provide the fertile ground and you let it grow.”
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