Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohnis an American author and lecturer in the areas of education, parenting, and human behavior. He is a proponent of progressive education and has offered critiques of many traditional aspects of parenting, managing, and American society more generally, drawing in each case from social science research...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth15 October 1957
Alfie Kohn quotes about
evaluation grades rating
Grades are a subjective rating masquerading as an objective evaluation.
unconditional-love enthusiasm helping
If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.
curriculum students force
To control students is to force them to accommodate to a preestablished curriculum.
tasks students pleasure
Grades dilute the pleasure that a student experiences on successfully completing a task.