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001 007299387
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008 121101s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a2012040660
019 _a828630364
020 _a0465025994 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a9780465025992 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z9780465037919 (ebk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)815835659
_z(OCoLC)828630364
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dLF3
_dYDXCP
_dCDX
_dORX
_dNFG
042 _apcc
049 _aNFGR
092 _a155.418
_bG781
100 1 _aGray, Peter.
_9225309
245 1 0 _aFree to learn :
_bwhy unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life /
_cPeter Gray.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c[2013]
300 _axii, 274 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [249]-264) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue -- 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.
650 0 _aDevelopmental psychology.
_938260
650 0 _aPlay
_xPsychological aspects.
_997856
994 _aC0
_bNFG
998 _a007299387
942 _cBOOK
_07
999 _c145963
_d145963