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By: Alfie Kohn

ISBN: 9780743487481
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2006
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2006
Publisher: Atria Books
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Challenges the conventional wisdom of raising children. This book expands upon the theme of what's wrong with our society's emphasis on punishments and rewards with regards raising children. It insists that "controlling parents" are actually conveying to their kids that they love them conditionally, that is, only when they achieve or behave.


(Paperback)

By: Alfie Kohn

ISBN: 9780465007585
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1992
Publisher: Basic Books
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"Drawing from hundreds of studies in half a dozen fields, The Brighter Side of Human Nature makes a powerful case that caring and generosity are just as natural as selfishness and aggression. This live"


(Paperback)

By: Alfie Kohn

ISBN: 9780738211114
Readership/Audience: Primary and Secondary Educational
Publication Date: Aug 2007
UK Publication Date: 14th August 2007
Publisher: Hachette Books
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In The Homework Myth, nationally known educator and parenting expert Alfie Kohn challenges the usual defenses of homework and shows that none of our assumptions about its benefits actually passes the test of research, logic, or experience


(Paperback)

By: Alfie Kohn

ISBN: 9780807001400
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
Publisher: Beacon Press
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One of education's most outspoken voices presents a challenging and entertaining writing on where we should go in American education. Kohn argues in the title essay with those who think that high standards mean joylessness in the classroom.


(Paperback)

By: Alfie Kohn

ISBN: 9780807073889
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
UK Publication Date: 10th March 2016
Publisher: Beacon Press
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Originally published in hardcover in 2014 by Da Capo Lifelong.