The schools our children deserve : moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards" / Al...
The schools our children deserve : moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards" / Al...
The schools our children deserve : moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards" / Alfie Kohn.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.
Date
1999.
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N371.200973/18
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English
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vi, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Forward ... into the Past -- Pt. 1. Tougher Standards Versus Better Education. 2. Getting Motivation Wrong: The Costs of Overemphasizing Achievement. 3. Getting Teaching and Learning Wrong: Traditional Education and Its Victims. 4. Getting Evaluation Wrong: The Case Against Standardized Testing....
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
1999.
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"Are our schools in trouble because they have lowered their standards and strayed too far from the basics? Just the opposite, says Alfie Kohn: if American students are getting less than they deserve, it's due to simplistic demands to "raise the bar" and an aggressive nostalgia for traditional teaching." "Kohn has an ambitious yet practical vision o...
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The schools our children deserve : moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards" / Alfie Kohn.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-332) and index.
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N371.200973/18
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74VvWMEZgPDO
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0395940397
9780395940396
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371.200973
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991011897669702626
