Author Urges Adults to Allow Children the Freedom to Learn
Buffalo News › October 04, 2010
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Gever Tulley is an unconventional sort of teacher, the kind who encourages young students to use power tools in class, test 9-volt batteries with their tongues or spend hours playing with hex nuts and string in order to discover something fascinating about gravity and propulsion.
Tulley, the co-author of "Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)," expounded on his pedagogical philosophy of allowing kids breathing room to fool around and fail during a lecture Friday in Burchfield Penney Art Center on the Buffalo State College campus.See the full content of this document
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Author Urges Adults to Allow Children the Freedom to Learn
"When we overprotect children, we prevent them from having the experiences that are the foundation of an inquisitive life," Tu...
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