No Contest: The Case Against Competition - Brossura

Kohn, Alfie

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ISBN 10: 0395631254 ISBN 13: 9780395631256

Casa editrice: Harperone, 1992

Riassunto

No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Alfie Kohn's six previous books include Punished by Rewards and No Contest: The Case Against Competition, as well as Beyond Displine and What to Look for in a Classroom. Descrilbed by Time magazine last year as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of educational fixation on grades and test scores," he is a popular lecturer, speaker to teachers, parents, and reasearchers accross the country. The author currently resides in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Product Description:

Updated for the 1990s, the award-winning book that stands as the definitive critique of competition. Kohn says that contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to "human nature", but actually poisons our relationships, damages our self-esteem, and holds us back from doing our best. Includes new matial on "cooperative learning" in the classroom. "By perceiving that cooperation is the answer, not competition, Alfie Kohn opens a new world of living".--Dr. W. Edwards Deming.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harperone
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0395631254
• ISBN 13: 9780395631256
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 324