About the Author
Alfie Kohn was described by "Time" as "the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades & test scores." The author of the influential "No Contest" & "Punished by Rewards," he writes & speaks widely about human behavior, education, & social theory. He lives in Belmont, mostrar mais Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por Alfie Kohn
Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (1993) 878 exemplares
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (2005) 763 exemplares
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" (1999) 244 exemplares
What Does it Mean to Be Well Educated? And Other Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies (2004) 165 exemplares
The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools (2000) 101 exemplares
The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting (1600) 100 exemplares
Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) (2020) 86 exemplares
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Video) 5 exemplares
Onvoorwaardelijk ouderschap: van belonen en straffen naar liefde en redelijkheid (2019) 3 exemplares
Schools Our Children Deserve :: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms &_Tougher Standards (1999) 2 exemplares
Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" 2 exemplares
Unconditional Parenting DVD 1 exemplar
The 500-Pound Gorilla 1 exemplar
Koşulsuz Ebeveynlik 1 exemplar
Le Mythe de l'enfant gâté: Parent hélicoptère, enfant surprotégé : des croyances révélatrices de notre… (2017) 1 exemplar
Teaching children to care 1 exemplar
Mitul copilului rasfatat 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Learning to Trust: Transforming Difficult Elementary Classrooms Through Developmental Discipline (2003) — Prefácio — 21 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Kohn, Alfie
- Data de nascimento
- 1957-10-15
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Educação
- Brown University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA) - Ocupações
- lecturer
author
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 31
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 3,441
- Popularidade
- #7,389
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 57
- ISBN
- 84
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 8
If you expect a simple counter solution to incentives and school grades the author explains there are none, because ultimately our idea of rewards is based on the fallacy that humans can be reduced to simple behaviours. Once we move beyond this things get complicated...
Its about intrinsic motivation and the mysteries of the dynamics of conscious thoight...… (mais)