How Children Learn, 50th anniversary edition, 50th Edition by John Holt - ISBN: 9780738220086
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Learning is natural: Holt’s timeless wisdom, now more crucial than ever.

How Children Learn, 50th anniversary edition, 50th Edition

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    9 October 2017

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Summary

Fifty years ago John Holt woke the dreary world of educational theory by showing that for small children “learning is as natural as breathing.” His brilliant observations are as true today as they were then. Over 1 million copies were sold worldwide in the decades that followed. Today the theorists are still squabbling, and Holt’s wisdom is needed more than ever. As a hero of progressive education and homeschoolers, his time has come again.

A new foreword by eminent school reformer De…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780738220086
ISBN-10:0738220086
Author:John Holt
Publisher:Hachette Books
Imprint:Da Capo Lifelong
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Edition:50th
Release Date:9 October 2017
Weight:300g
Dimensions:144mm x 211mm x 22mm
Series:A Merloyd Lawrence Book
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“The gentle voice of reason.” – Life magazine

“By his vision of what can be done in education, he makes us think in new ways about what is being done.”–The Wall Street Journal“Holt is a class with Piaget.”–New York Review of Books“One of the most profoundly moving books I’ve ever read, the truest account of how I remember my best learning experiences as a child and an adult.”–Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway and Little Brother“The gentle voice of reason.”–Life magazine

About The Author

John Holt

John Holt (1927-1985), one of this country’s leading educational and social critics, was the author of ten influential books which have been translated into fourteen languages. Known both as a passionate reformer and as “the gentle voice of reason” (LIFE magazine), John Holt offers insights into the nature of learning that are more relevant today than ever before.

Deborah Meier (foreword), is a renowned educator, MacArthur Fellow, and the founder of the small schools movement. She is on the faculty of the Steinhardt school of education at New York University.

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