Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. What Is It, How Does It Work?

[@caylenhartwell3280]

This is pure gold! It made my heart sing as an educator and someone who wants to free the children. 💖

[@HDLee-jx3ww]

Wonderful lecture. I really appreciate Dr. Gray's work. Thank you for sharing it!!!

[@andrejamarolt961]

Brilliant! This man is one in a million!

[@notaschool2452]

I love Peter Gray!

[@diegodecilealgo8354]

love that laugh

[@euniceasareparbi8201]

One in a million! Keep up the good works Prof.

[@kaleywhite4916]

Wow! What a wonderful explanation of yet another way in which modern life differs from humans' EEA!

[@groovytreats3916]

1:06:00 about home schoolers/unschoolers

[@Beepbopboop19]

42:44 that is talking about adult children.
The rod and staff the bible discusses regarding children is the word of God. Not an actual rod and beating. Just wanted to explain this to an audience that it seems hasn't researched much on biblical language. 💚

[@nononouh]

Teach rather than allow; "get"/"is" educated; come into world burning to learn: propeller of species - unless shut into schools; the educative animal, depending upon knowledge and skills; onus on child, designed to educate oneself; education is sum of what lets one live meaningfully; computer to us like hunter child to bow-arrow?;
Where questions and curiosity dont count or matter; stay alive to see what happens; Solitary confinement and new things;
How to experience fear
"Raise" children, like agriculture; adults are soil children grow in
Taboo to hit child
Not "my child" or "your child" -
Continuum college
Childhood ends not until you have children yourself?
Unlimited play time, with some requests
Regarded as having common sense (wholly, not "enough to go to college, and not enough to not go to college")
Caused
Bible and some scripture severe to child; sociology of obedience in biblical family dynamic commands
Not beating, "padding"
Not out of view of supervisor
Designed for indoctrination, teacher in charge, evaluating cirricula,
Can't tinker with current system
Teacher's job is to stay on track
Obedience etiquette to teachers
Assume they learned wrong in hs, or forgot
Grown unschoolers
Believe it's teacher's responsibility to educate, look over shoulder,
Takes time, Not interrupted by a bell, boredom stirs
Not teacher but guide?
Which adult to go to
Age mixing; ageless groups; same age play is modern; age segregation;
Provide setting where kids can educate themselves
I want to end this way. Crime of unhappy childhood. Choose path to happiness
Preach democracy, but deprive all of what we call democratic rights

[@Zovy27]

😍

[@AmalaBhakti108]

first 50 minutes..Nothing about self directed learning...shall I keep listening to the rest?

[@HDLee-jx3ww]

yes, it sets up the context for why and how he came to the six principles for self-directed education.

[@saracendanmasipilustradora7836]

I cannot understand the spelling of the cultures that put as examples of self directed learning on children. Can you list them here, please? Thanks!

[@Nafeesa_Fiaz]

Am really inspired by this talk but am really wondering if it is applicable in our cultures....So if there is any Article or book related to the topic, plz recommend me so that I can clear my questions about the practicability of the issue

[@sesil0060]

John holt, peter grey have great books, the parenting junky on RUclips is also a great resource

[@reelcowboys]

​@@sesil0060I looked for parenting junkie and hi, fam! Came up, is that right?

[@SHLOMOKAFKA]

Why does he mock his colleagues? What's his point against reading?
Not!

[@Nafeesa_Fiaz]

At the end, we have to compare both kinds of children who are taking planned classes and those who are engaged in self-directed classes......Don't u think that the child who is directed by an adult would be better able to perform than the one who on the other hand is playing angry birds in the self-directed environment.....I mean how will self-directed education help children achieve those milestones that are required for them to survive at a particular age of life.......Bcz as opposed to hunter-gatherer culture we are not living in an egalitarian culture....

[@sesil0060]

Because kids at school are made and fir accedemics, they are not able to thibk outside the box. You have a big gap the ones that thrives and the ones that don't the one's that dont are usually the futur mechanic, hair dressers etc. They may not be great in serait subject but do not need to be left behind. I am seeing it now with my 5th grader. Schools are not allowed to let ppl fail a grade when they can't keep up. Kids with special need are in regular classroom with different work. So they disturb the ones that need to learn with the class and the child feels left out and pointed out. So tell me is it better

[@Novamakez]

Because kids that are internally motivated to learn, most often remember what they learn because it interests them. Most importantly, the brain grows best when it's not in a state of fear. If you are scared of "failing" a class, afraid that you're not "keeping up", will let down your parents or environment, it causes stress, which puts your body (and brain) in a less ideal state to learn. When you are motivated from the inside, you will move past fear. Passion drives you forward. Also, self-directed kids can choose to be directed by an adult. Think about what you do when YOU want to learn something. F.e. you want to bake a birthday cake. Do you buy a book about baking, do you watch a video, do you take a cooking class directed by someone, or do you just buy some ingredients and experiment? Or maybe a mix of all? "Self-directed" just means you move towards what feels best for you. We all learn how we learn best. I know that when I want to try out a recipe, I often just jump online and look it up - then pick out the recipe that seems most appealing to me and tweak it a little to make it more to my taste.

[@philistineau]

I disagree with a lot of his points. Perhaps the average American can get through life without formal education - but you generally don’t become an engineer without formal education. Self directed study attorneys fail the bar at more than double the rate of formally educated attorneys. Play has value. So does learning formally.

[@danielkislyuk3883]

one does not become an engineer by graduating from a high-school either.

[@Novamakez]

Why is that? If the information you need to become an engineer is not locked away, people are able to learn it if they want to, right?

[@philistineau]

@@Novamakez most lack the dedication. You could learn everything you needed to if you invested the effort. Good professors can make learning easier.

[@ThemisPapaioannou]

Actually kids can learn everything through play. Something you seem not to know is that Dt Peter Gray is not talking about College or University. Many self educated kids go later to University, etc .

[@ThemisPapaioannou]

Also where did you get your statistics from? I know that unschooled kids do very well at College, etc. and are very successful

[@doncomedia7927]

this is the how to draw manga guy ? :v

[@gregorywilliams6940]

Peter Gray is good at the subject that he presented, Self Directed Education vs Public School

[@gregorywilliams6940]

How are these kids able to except the accountability and Responsibility that we as grown up take very serious

[@gregorywilliams6940]

4 yrs old running intelligents what kind ? his presentation was enlightening

[@gregorywilliams6940]

are these young children Special

[@jeannaclements8749]

@@gregorywilliams6940 Not Special, just free. When you study any mammal in captivity it looks very different to when you study it in the wild. SDE kids are untamed. Ironically this means they take a lot more responsibility than their schooled peers, who always have adults taking responsibility for them so they don't have to learn how.
It's a common complaint from SDE college/university attendees that their schooled peers are so immature and want to get drunk rather than study