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People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices
Alfie Kohn
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Alfie Kohn
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 15
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Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students.
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If rewards do not work, what does? I recommend that employers pay workers well and fairly and then do everything possible to help them forget about money. A preoccupation with money distracts everyone - employers and employees - from the issues that really matter.
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Students should not only be trained to live in a democracy when they grow up they should have the chance to live in one today.
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We learn most readily, most naturally, most effectively, when we start with the big picture - precisely when the basics don't come first.
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What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone's being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer? Virtually nothing, say psychologists, sociologists, and others who have studied that question for decade
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We have so much to cover and so little time to cover it. Howard Gardner refers to curriculum coverage as the single greatest enemy of understanding. Think instead about ideas to be discovered.
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The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior.
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Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.
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There are different kinds of motivation, and the kind matters more than the amount.
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Don't let anyone tell you that standardized tests are not accurate measures. The truth of the matter is they offer a remarkably precise method for gauging the size of the houses near the school where the test was administered.
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To feel controlled is to lose interest.
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When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.
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Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.
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If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.
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Being a team player should not imply a demand for simple obedience and conformity.
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Grades dilute the pleasure that a student experiences on successfully completing a task.
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When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in a desperate effort to raise scores.
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We can't value only what is easy to measure measurable outcomes may be the least important results of learning.
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If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.
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