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LEADER: 02045cam a22003251a 4500
001 98025426
003 DLC
005 20040621195908.0
008 980619s1998 cau 001 0 eng
010 $a 98025426
020 $a078794453X (cloth)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aLB1775$b.K643 1998
082 00 $a371.1$221
100 1 $aKohn, Alfie.
245 10 $aWhat to look for in a classroom :$band other essays /$cAlfie Kohn.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSan Francisco :$bJossey-Bass,$cc1998.
300 $axiv, 289 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe limits of teaching skills -- The trouble with school uniforms -- Beyond discipline -- How not to teach values : a critical look at character education -- Resistance to cooperative learning : making sense of its deletion and dilution -- "A lot of fat kids who don't like to read" : the effects of Pizza Hut's Book it! program and other reading incentives -- Grading : the issue is not how but why -- Grade inflation and other red herrings -- Only for my kid : how privileged parents undermine school reform -- Suffer the restless children -- The truth about self-esteem -- Television and children : reviewing the evidence -- The five-hundred-pound gorilla -- The false premises of school choice plans -- Students don't "work" they learn -- The littlest customers : TQM goes to school -- Caring kids : the role of the schools -- Choices for children : why and how to let students decide -- What to look for in a classroom.
650 0 $aTeachers.
650 0 $aTeaching.
650 0 $aClassroom management.
650 0 $aLearning.
650 0 $aTeacher-student relationships.
650 0 $aSchool management and organization.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley043/98025426.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley036/98025426.html
856 4 $3Table of Contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix07/98025426.html