"I won't learn from you" is Herb Kohl's now-classic essay about the phenomenon of "not-learning, " or refusing to learn, which takes place when a student's intelligence, dignity, or integrity is compromised by a teacher, an institution, or a larger social mindset. Available in book form for the first time, "I Won't Learn from You" serves here as a ...
Studs Terkel, Bill Moyer, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr. are among the many who have recognized the unique influence Myles Horton has had on American social and educational history. Horton tells in his own simple, moving language how his vision was realized in the creation of the Highlander Folk School for adults in Tennessee. 35 ...
A classic essay on "not-learning," along with four new works. Pieces range from a look at ghettoized childhood to a different take on political correctness.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of that famous moment in the history of the civil rights movement, Kohl has expanded and updated his original discussion of Rosa Parks. The book also includes a teacher's guide.
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 ...
Herbert Kohl shows the personal growth and joy that can result from a teaching career that is simultaneously imaginative, difficult, and fearless. Included are examples of student work that clearly demonstrate the ability of students to rise to the challenge of a creative, caring teacher.
"The View from the Oak", winner of the National Book Award for children's literature, is a groundbreaking work from two of the most respected educators, teaching readers the wonders of science and the natural world. A classic exploration of ethology, or the way animals perceive their environment. Line drawings.
Studs Terkel, Bill Moyer, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr. are among the many who have recognized the unique influence Myles Horton has had on American social and educational history. Horton tells in his own simple, moving language how his vision was realized in the creation of the Highlander Folk School for adults in Tennessee. 35 ...
Following an age-old tradition of teaching children through the use of parables and proverbs, "A Call to Character" contains selections from novels, short stories, plays and poetry from around the world, both contemporary and classic. Chosen by two longtime educators and writers, each excerpt is introduced by an essay that explores the values, ...
This is a compendium of intriguing and important words and concepts essential to an understanding of the language of ideas. Organized by topic, each word is explained in a comprehensive yet concise definition, with a pronunciation guide and derivation added for easy reference. The book includes definitions of more than 150 words, from baroque to ...
By relating the stories of specific schools that have received the Apple Computer Educational Grant, which is awarded though a nationwide competitive process, "Computers in the Classroom" presents very specific examples of children and teachers interacting with technology to revitalize the classroom.
The renowned author of 36 Children turns his attention to children's literature and the power of stories in education, from Robin Hood to the proletarian children's fiction of Vera Williams, highlighting instances of racism, sexism, and condescension that detract from the tale being told.
Compiled by a Parade columnist and a National Book Award winner, this collection of excerpts from stories, poems, fables, proverbs, and plays--taken from both contemporary and classical sources--offers a liberal alternative to William Bennett's A Book of Virtues.
This work is about discovering one's true vocation or lifework - and about not always assuming that college must be the next step after school. Presenting a viable alternative to college, the author looks at what happens in families when teenagers have doubts about going to college.
A new edition of the prizewinning educator's thoughts on the politics of children's literature, including a new essay written for this volume. In "provocative and entertaining essays [that] will appeal to reflective readers, parents, and educators" ("Library Journal"), one of the country's foremost education writers looks at the stories we tell ...
With the passion and wisdom that have made him one of our leading educators, Herbert Kohl has written a wonderful book about how he has done theater with young people and how you can too. He tells how to explore improve, develop significant themes out of improve, use dialogue and monologue as starting points for students to write their own plays, ...
Poetry has the power to move and challenge the reader. It can intensify or even celebrate misery, be cynical or wry, or just laugh outright in an outrageous way. Poetry is as serious and antic as life, and yet reading modern poetry can be shocking to our sense of what language is or must be. In A Grain of Poetry, Herbert Kohl presents a series of ...
In Stupidity and Tears, renowned educator and National Book Award winner Herbert Kohl offers us a thoughtful and ultimately optimistic meditation on the forces that conspire to keep teachers and students "stupid"--i.e., frustrated and unable to excel in an education system that is clearly failing them. Among the topics explored by Kohl are the ...
The editors of "A Call to Character" present an anthology of thought-provoking and inspiring poetry and prose to help readers think about the complexities of moral action and reflect on the power of imagination to solve moral problems.
Poetry has the power to move and challenge the reader. It can intensify or even celebrate misery, be cynical or wry, or just laugh outright in an outrageous way. Poetry is as serious and as antic as life, and yet reading modern poetry can be difficult, shocking to our sense of what language is our must be. In A Grain of Poetry, Herbert Kohl ...
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
