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| TITLE: |
What to look for in a classroom : and other essays / Alfie Kohn. |
| AUTHOR: |
Kohn, Alfie. |
| PUBLISHED: |
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1998. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xiv, 289 p. ; 24 cm. |
| EDITION: |
1st ed. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| NOTES: |
The limits of teaching skills -- The trouble with school uniforms -- Beyond discipline -- How not to teach values : a critical look at character education -- Resistance to cooperative learning : making sense of its deletion and dilution -- "A lot of fat kids who don't like to read" : the effects of Pizza Hut's Book it! program and other reading incentives -- Grading : the issue is not how but why -- Grade inflation and other red herrings -- Only for my kid : how privileged parents undermine school reform -- Suffer the restless children -- The truth about self-esteem -- Television and children : reviewing the evidence -- The five-hundred-pound gorilla -- The false premises of school choice plans -- Students don't "work" they learn -- The littlest customers : TQM goes to school -- Caring kids : the role of the schools -- Choices for children : why and how to let students decide -- What to look for in a classroom. |
| SUBJECT: |
Teachers. |
| SUBJECT: |
Teaching. |
| SUBJECT: |
Classroom management. |
| SUBJECT: |
Learning. |
| SUBJECT: |
Teacher-student relationships. |
| SUBJECT: |
School management and organization. |
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