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The material in this talk doesn't only apply to business. imo, every parent could benefit from considering an angle other than rewards and punishments.
by mrbgty 17y ago
The material in this talk doesn't only apply to business. imo, every parent could benefit from considering an angle other than rewards and punishments.
- extension 17y agoAt least one school figured it out 88 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_School http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_School "Summerhill is noted for its philosophy that children learn best with freedom from coercion. All lessons are optional, and pupils are free to choose what to do with their time." The idea that coercion stifles creativity is an old one and there have always been people on the fringes of society who know it. Until recently, the western world has been able to make progress with the factory model, leaving the creative work to those few fringe people, but it looks like that has run its course. It may be that the next model is everybody doing creative work, but I have no idea what that would actually look like.