The Brainwaves Video Anthology

Alison Gopnik - The Amazing Minds of Very Young Children

7 insights saved from this video by @parenting

@parenting
Effective intelligence requires two gears: exploring how the world works and exploiting existing knowledge to decide efficiently.
@parenting
Children sometimes outperform adults at learning by considering unusual solutions adults are more likely to dismiss. Send this to a teacher.
@parenting
Humanity’s unusually long childhood may be a protected period for broad exploration before adult responsibilities demand focused action.
@parenting
Children learn by building informal theories of the world, then testing them through ordinary exploration and play.
@parenting
The best early-learning environments offer rich surroundings, caring people, and freedom to investigate instead of relying mainly on direct instruction.
@parenting
A very good learning strategy starts with wide exploration, then narrows options to exploit what has been learned.
@parenting
Education should protect children’s curiosity, exploration, and imagination. Schools should become more like rich preschools.

Keep what you found in Alison Gopnik - The Amazing Minds of Very Young Children

A free account saves any of these cards to your Collection, and Korva resurfaces them so you actually remember.