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Author: John Holt
Publisher: Hachette Books
Imprint: Da Capo Lifelong
Edition: 50th Anniversary edition
Dimensions:
Width: 21.10cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 14.40cm
Weight: 0.300kg
ISBN: 9780738220086
ISBN 10: 0738220086
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 31 August 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
"""By his vision of what can be done in education, he makes us think in new ways about what is being done."" --The Wall Street Journal ""Holt is a class with Piaget."" --New York Review of Books ""One of the most profoundly moving books I've ever read, the truest account of how I remember my best learning experiences as a child and an adult."" --Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway and Little Brother ""The gentle voice of reason."" --Life magazine"
The gentle voice of reason. --Life magazine One of the most profoundly moving books I've ever read, the truest account of how I remember my best learning experiences as a child and an adult. --Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway and Little Brother By his vision of what can be done in education, he makes us think in new ways about what is being done. --The Wall Street Journal Holt is a class with Piaget. --New York Review of Books
By his vision of what can be done in education, he makes us think in new ways about what is being done. --The Wall Street Journal Holt is a class with Piaget. --New York Review of Books One of the most profoundly moving books I've ever read, the truest account of how I remember my best learning experiences as a child and an adult. --Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway and Little Brother The gentle voice of reason. --Life magazine
The gentle voice of reason. --Life magazine One of the most profoundly moving books I've ever read, the truest account of how I remember my best learning experiences as a child and an adult. --Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway and Little Brother By his vision of what can be done in education, he makes us think in new ways about what is being done. --The Wall Street Journal Holt is a class with Piaget. --New York Review of Books
Author Information
John Holt (1927-1985), one of this country's leading educational and social critics, was the author of ten influential books which have been translated into fourteen languages. Known both as a passionate reformer and as ""the gentle voice of reason"" (LIFE magazine), John Holt offers insights into the nature of learning that are more relevant today than ever before. Deborah Meier (foreword), is a renowned educator, MacArthur Fellow, and the founder of the small schools movement. She is on the faculty of the Steinhardt school of education at New York University
