The playground is a classroom too
A child learns in many places, and a surprising amount of that learning happens well beyond the classroom, on a stretch of open ground, through rules invented on the spot, and through the latitude to resolve disagreements without an adult intervening. Modern education carries an important responsibility, preparing children for a future built on innovation, adaptability, and creativity. Academic targets, coaching classes, and competitive activities, each one built with a child’s best interests in mind.
- ▪A child learns in many places, and a surprising amount of that learning happens well beyond the classroom, on a stretch of open ground, through rules invented on the spot, and through the latitude to resolve disagreements without an adult i
- ▪Modern education carries an important responsibility, preparing children for a future built on innovation, adaptability, and creativity.
- ▪Academic targets, coaching classes, and competitive activities, each one built with a child’s best interests in mind.
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A child learns in many places, and a surprising amount of that learning happens well beyond the classroom, on a stretch of open ground, through rules invented on the spot, and through the latitude to resolve disagreements without an adult intervening. Modern education carries an important responsibility, preparing children for a future built on innovation, adaptability, and creativity. A meaningful share of that preparation originates somewhere easy to overlook, in the unscripted hours a child spends inventing, negotiating, and simply making something up.(Sign up for THEdge, The Hindu’s weekly education newsletter.)Across homes and educational institutions, childhood today comes with more structure than ever.
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