How children fail

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John Caldwell Holt: How children fail (1982, Delta/Seymour Lawrence)

298 pages

English language

Published Nov. 15, 1982 by Delta/Seymour Lawrence.

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978-0-440-53837-0
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A series of informal memos describing how typical grade-school pedagogy suppresses a child's innate desire to learn, leaving the child frustrated, confused, and fearing failure.

6 editions

Subjects

  • Promotion (School)
  • Underachievers.
  • Grade repetition.
  • Dropouts.
  • Failure (Psychology)