How Children Learn, 50th anniversary edition

By: John Holt

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Paperback | 1 August 2017 | Edition Number 1

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336 Pages

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Special edition

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21 x 14 x 2

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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 Deborah Meier, of the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development reveals the lasting influence of John Holt's ideas and their relevance for the students today.

Industry Reviews

"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

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