The Harm of Coercive Schooling

by Peter Gray

Children, like all human beings, crave freedom, but they are not free in school. Schools operate by methods of coercion (a "request" in school is really an order), enforced with reward, punishment, and threats. Coercion interferes with children's natural, joy-filled and interest-filled ways of learning and turns learning into "work." In this collection of essays, developmental psychologist Peter Gray describes also how schooling promotes bullying,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952837006
• ISBN13: 9781952837005
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Alliance for Self-Directed Education
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.0"