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How children fail

Paperback • 1964 • English

How children fail

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About the book

Why do children fail to fulfil the capacity for learning and creating? This acclaimed study records a teacher's search for answers to that question. It developed from the journal which John Holt kept whilst observing children in class. He analyses the strategies childre use to meet or dodge the demands which the adult world makes on them, the effect of fear and failure on children, the distinction between real and apparent learning, and the ways in which schools fail to meet the needs of childre...Show more

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9780140211153

Published year

1964

Language

English

Original title

How children fail

Format

Paperback

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