Feel Bad Education
Feel Bad Education Mind-opening writing on what kids need from school, from one of education's most outspoken voicesArguing that our schools are currently in the grip of a "cult of rigor"--a…
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Feel Bad Education
Mind-opening writing on what kids need from school, from one of education's most outspoken voicesArguing that our schools are currently in the grip of a "cult of rigor"--a confusion of harder with better that threatens to banish both joy and meaningful intellectual inquiry from our classrooms--Alfie Kohn issues a stirring call to rethink our priorities and reconsider our practices.Kohn's latest wide-ranging collection of writings will add to his reputation as one of the most incisive thinkers in the field, who questions the assumptions too often taken for granted in discussions about education and human behavior.In nineteen recently published essays--and in a substantive introduction, new for this volume--Kohn repeatedly invites us to think more deeply about the conventional wisdom. he asks, citing surprising evidence to the Is self-discipline always desirable?