An edition of How children fail (1964)

How children fail

by John Caldwell Holt and JOHN HOLT

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An edition of How children fail (1964)

How children fail

by John Caldwell Holt and JOHN HOLT

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3 Currently reading
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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.

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1969

Publisher

Penguin

Language

English

Pages

176

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1 How Children Fail September 27, 1990, Penguin Books Ltd 0140135561 9780140135565	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
2 How children fail 1984, Penguin in English - Rev. ed. 0140225714 9780140225716	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
3 How children fail 1982, Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence in English - Rev. ed. 0440038340 9780440038344	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
4 How children fail 1971, Dell Pub. Co. in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
5 How children fail 1970, Pitman Publishing in English 0273409859 9780273409854	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
6 How children fail 1969, Penguin Paperback in English 0140211152 9780140211153	aaaa Borrow Listen Locate
7 How children fail 1964, Pitman in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
8 How children fail 1964, Pitman in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
9 How children fail 1964, Pitman Publications in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate