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On 1/19/2011 1:29 PM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi all,
I just stumbled across this fascinating article called "When teaching
restrains discovery"
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/18/when-teaching-restrains-discovery/">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/18/when-teaching-restrains-discovery/</a>)</pre>
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Indeed such unstructured & unsupervised play (nevermind the
outdoors!) may be "obsolete" in rich, overparented societies per
"Last Child in the Woods" (Richard Louv, 336p, 2005), "Free-Range
Kids" (Lenore Skenazy, 256p, 2009), "Play Again" (2010 film) etc.<br>
<br>
But the patient (exploratory learning) won't die without a fight --
witness the ongoing backlash against last week's "Why Chinese
Mothers Are Superior" (WSJ, Jan 8 2011), "Battle Hymn of the Tiger
Mother" (Amy Chua, 256p, 2011) etc:<br>
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The Unused Playground: Kids Need to be Out in Nature, Yet We
Keep Them Caged. By Phil Primack<br>
...studies, hearings, and slogans (“Leave No Child Inside”)
won’t significantly reduce the great disconnect between kids and
nature unless parents – many raised amid “Stranger Danger” and other
media-stoked fears themselves – are willing to grant kids more
freedom...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2010/09/12/the_unused_playground/">http://boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2010/09/12/the_unused_playground/</a><br>
<br>
Nature Deficit Disorder: Kids Who Don’t Get Outside Can Pay To
Play<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://radioboston.wbur.org/2011/01/18/nature-deficit">http://radioboston.wbur.org/2011/01/18/nature-deficit</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://feeds.wbur.org/~r/WBURRadioBoston/~5/6EoG_ogxORs/radioboston_0118.mp3">http://feeds.wbur.org/~r/WBURRadioBoston/~5/6EoG_ogxORs/radioboston_0118.mp3</a><br>
(Listen from 15m40s to 35m06s)<br>
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Amy Chua Is a Wimp: “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” may
denounce soft American-style parenting, but its author shelters her
children from the truly arduous experiences necessary to achieve.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://nytimes.com/2011/01/18/opinion/18brooks.html">http://nytimes.com/2011/01/18/opinion/18brooks.html</a><br>
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--<br>
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!<br>
<br>
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<pre wrap="">which is based on a very recently published paper whose title really
says it all "The double-edged sword of pedagogy: Instruction limits
spontaneous exploration and discovery"
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T24-51WV6VK-1&_user=10&_coverDate=01/08/2011&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b3319a977badfb35348871b64a9e1d4c&searchtype=a">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T24-51WV6VK-1&_user=10&_coverDate=01/08/2011&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b3319a977badfb35348871b64a9e1d4c&searchtype=a</a>).
Definitely well worth a read in my opinion. :-)
Cheers,
Christoph
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