| Growing Minds Contributor(s): Kohl, Herbert R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061320897 ISBN-13: 9780061320897 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1989 Annotation: Herbert Kohl, one of America's most influential and provocative educators, believes that the only way to persist and to grow as a teacher is to commit oneself to the development of the child rather than to the regimented training of the pupil. His book is a lively, personal testament of one teacher's efforts to cultivate the natural vitality of the learning process; it is also a wonderfully concrete and practical guide full of stories of individual students and how they were helped to grow through learning. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Social Science - Education | Educational Psychology |
| Dewey: 371.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.42" W x 8.08" (0.32 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Herbert Kohl, one of America's most influential and provocative educators, believes that the only way to persist and to grow as a teacher is to commit oneself to the development of the child rather than to the regimented training of the pupil. His book is a lively, personal testament of one teacher's efforts to cultivate the natural vitality of the learning process; it is also a wonderfully concrete and practical guide full of stories of individual students and how they were helped to grow through learning. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kohl, Herbert R.: - Herbert Kohl is the author of such seminal books as 36 Children and The Open Classroom. Growing Minds is his tenth book concerning the subject of education. Currently, he is working in the field of learning and computer technology. |