Learning All the Time

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext John Holt, in this his last book, clearly demonstrates how children begin to read, write, count, and investigate the world without being taught. Learning cannot be coerced, he maintains; indeed, it is "as natural as breathing". "A capstone to his ten books on education".--The New York Times Book Review. Zusammenfassung How small children begin to read, write, count, and investigate the world, without being taught. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Reading and Writing * At Home with Numbers * Young Children as Research Scientists * Loving Music * What Parents Can Do * The Nature of Learning

Product details

• Authors: John Holt
• Publisher: Westview Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780201550917
• ISBN: 978-0-201-55091-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 218 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education