The depth of Peter Gray’s beliefs about a better way to learn are matched only by his profound content knowledge and contributions to the field of psychology and child development. This is a provocative, boundary pushing conversation - about reimagining learning without the curriculum, the tests.. and even the teachers. You will without a doubt be talking about this with your friends at your next coffee date.

More on Peter Gray:

Peter Gray is a research professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College

who has conducted and published research in neuroendocrinology, developmental

psychology, anthropology, and education. He is author of an internationally

acclaimed introductory psychology textbook (Psychology, Worth Publishers, now in

its 8 th edition), which views all of psychology from an evolutionary perspective. His

recent research focuses on the role of play in human evolution and how children

educate themselves through play and exploration, when they are free to do so. He

has expanded on these ideas in his book, Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to

Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

(Basic Books). He also authors a regular blog called Freedom to Learn, for Psychology

Today magazine. He is one of the founders of the nonprofit Alliance for Self-Directed

Education and of the nonprofit Let Grow , the mission of which is to renew children’s

freedom to play and explore independently of adult control. 

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