About this Event
Join two international experts on student self-directed learning, Dr. Sugata Mitra and Dr. Peter Gray who will highlight the importance, research, and challenges of student-led learning.
Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” experiments showed that children in extreme impoverished areas could teach themselves without formal instruction, highlighting critical examples of self-directed learning. Mitra’s Self-Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) model emphasizes the importance of curiosity-driven, independent learning environments for students. Mitra has received numerous accolades, including the $1 million TED Prize in 2013 and the 2022 Brock Prize for Education Innovation, and his work inspired the novel, Q&A and the Oscar-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire.
Peter Gray asserts that children educate themselves through play and exploration when given the freedom to do so, marshalling evidence from behavioral biology, anthropology, developmental psychology, education, and other research literature. His book, Free to Learn, argues that unleashing children’s instincts to play, tinker, and explore leads to happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life. He is a founder of the nonprofit Let Grow, which aims to renew children’s freedom to play and explore independently of control, as well as the founding board director for the Alliance for Self-Directed Education.
Cost: $195/person
Includes materials, lunch, and early registration and access to the 2025 Student Power Summit
Questions? Contact Mike Nicholson at [email protected] or 614-815-6608
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, 100 East Dublin Granville Road, New Albany, United States
USD 195.00
