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This is the way a lot of loving parents think. But we’re going to ask you to let go of that way of thinking. To begin with, it doesn’t work.
Ned Johnson • The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
Excessive use of external motivation can slow and even stop your journey to mastery. Studies show that rewarding schoolchildren by giving them gold stars initially speeds up their learning, but their progress soon levels off, even if you increase the number of stars. When you stop giving stars, their progress falls to a level lower than that of
... See moreGeorge Leonard • Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
“But by the time they are six and a half years old they stop asking questions because they quickly learn that teachers value the right answers more than provocative questions.”
Peter Sims • Little Bets: How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
These psychologists were influential for European education in the middle of the 20th century, but the mood was changing in the USA too. In America, though, the provenance of the change in mood was rather different. The post-war period and the 1960s had brought with them a yearning for greater freedoms and for self-expression, as had been the case
... See moreGary Thomas • Education: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
These kids were smart, they were enthusiastic, and they were young enough so that the schools hadn’t destroyed all their interest in learning. They could still actually use their brains, which in Thorne’s view was a sure sign they hadn’t yet completed a formal education.