The unschooled mind
by Howard Gardner · first published 1991
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An expert in the field of cognitive science explains the development of a child's ability to interpret the world and offers new teaching methods based on current research in early learning.
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For people interested in this stuff, Howard Gardner's book _The Unschooled Mind_ collects similar results from every discipline, from computer science to history. http://books.google.com/books?id=DVB1n_KkYEQC For more on CS, of course, you'll want to read http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf
on “Students Ace Textbook Physics While Struggling With Basic Understanding (video)” ↗…John Taylor Gatto (online) https://www.wanderings.net/notebook/Main/SevenLessonsTaughtI... Dumbing Us Down and Weapons of Mass Destruction by John Taylor Gatto. Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich. The Unschooled Mind by Howard Gardner. Anything by Maria Montessori. We kind of fell backwards into it. Our first child went to Montessori school at first, she loved it. Then we moved and couldn't find a Montessori school…
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