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The Resource Feel-bad education : and other contrarian essays on children and schooling, Alfie Kohn

Feel-bad education : and other contrarian essays on children and schooling, Alfie Kohn

Label
Feel-bad education : and other contrarian essays on children and schooling
Title
Feel-bad education
Title remainder
and other contrarian essays on children and schooling
Statement of responsibility
Alfie Kohn
Title variation
Feel bad education
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Kohn, Alfie
Dewey number
370.973
Index
index present
LC call number
LA217.2
LC item number
.K64 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Public schools
  • Education
Label
Feel-bad education : and other contrarian essays on children and schooling, Alfie Kohn
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Progressive education: why it's hard to beat, but also hard to find -- Challenging students and how to have more of them -- Getting hit on the head lessons -- It's not what we teach; it's what they learn -- Who's cheating whom? -- How to create nonreaders : reflections on motivation, learning, and sharing power -- The trouble with rubrics -- The value of negative learning -- Unconditional teaching -- Safety from the inside out -- Bad signs -- Feel-bad education : the cult of rigor and the loss of joy -- Against against "competitiveness" -- When twenty-first-century schooling just isn't good enough : a modest proposal -- Debunking the case for national standards -- Atrocious advice from supernanny -- Parental love with strings attached -- Why self-discipline is overrated : the (troubling) theory and practice of control from within -- Cash incentives won't make us healthier
Control code
1289627
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
215 pages
Isbn
9780807001400
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2010037081
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1289627
  • (OCoLC)648922417
Label
Feel-bad education : and other contrarian essays on children and schooling, Alfie Kohn
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Progressive education: why it's hard to beat, but also hard to find -- Challenging students and how to have more of them -- Getting hit on the head lessons -- It's not what we teach; it's what they learn -- Who's cheating whom? -- How to create nonreaders : reflections on motivation, learning, and sharing power -- The trouble with rubrics -- The value of negative learning -- Unconditional teaching -- Safety from the inside out -- Bad signs -- Feel-bad education : the cult of rigor and the loss of joy -- Against against "competitiveness" -- When twenty-first-century schooling just isn't good enough : a modest proposal -- Debunking the case for national standards -- Atrocious advice from supernanny -- Parental love with strings attached -- Why self-discipline is overrated : the (troubling) theory and practice of control from within -- Cash incentives won't make us healthier
Control code
1289627
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
215 pages
Isbn
9780807001400
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2010037081
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1289627
  • (OCoLC)648922417

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