Underachieving School by Holt John (52 results)

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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Underachieving School. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Paper Cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Pelican Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. This is a collection of essays and articles written and compiled by John Holt, each brimming with inspiration and ideas on how to teach children. Taking into account how children actually learn, this book shows us the difference between learning and schooling through his original thinking; clear, thoughtful writing; and first-hand accounts of what does and doesn't work in education.…

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Light shelf and corner wear, Text appears too be clean, Binding is in good sturdy condition 147 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; Philosophy. ISBN: 1591810388. ISBN/EAN: 9781591810384. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561014739. Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine gilt. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. Store Stamped. --- ---.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. In this, his 4th book, Holt turns his attention to specific problems affecting American eduction - problems which are even more significant today than when he wrote this book. The chapter headings give a sense of the variety of topics: the rat race, the tyranny of testing, making children hate reading .Bibliography. 209 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, price-clipped, short tears to dj.).…

Condition: Used: Very Good. very good clean copy . .sent next working day or sooner from the u/k 1st class.wrapped in bubble 0.0.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Fair condition soft cover, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No creases to the covers or to the spine. 169 firm pages. Pages browning. An excellent study copy. Sociology.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reissue Edition; Second Printing. 203 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Yellowing on pages. Light rubbing on the covers and spine. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good-. Octavo in mildly egeworn dust jacket, x, 209 pp., bibliography.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 18 x 11 cms. 170 pages which unfortunately are still relevant forty years on.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. In this, his 4th book, Holt turns his attention to specific problems affecting American eduction - problems which are even more significant today than when he wrote this book. The chapter headings give a sense of the variety of topics: the rat race, the tyranny of testing, making children hate reading .Bibliography. 209 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (bookplate.).…

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. This 1972 edition of The Underachieving School by John Holt contains provocative and stimulating essays that examine a wide range of contemporary educational controversies. In his earlier works he concludes that most schools are jails and that, far from encouraging natural inclination to learn, they stifle all enthusiasm. Believing that learning must not be separated from living, he urges us to re-examine our attitudes and suggests that compulsory school attendance ought to be abolished, formal teaching cut to a minimum, and that children should choose what they want to learn and when they want to learn it. Title: The Underachieving School Author: John Holt Publisher: Pelican Books Publication Date: 1972 Format: Softcover Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear, small inscription on endpaper, tanned pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The Underachieving School (1976) is John Holt doing what John Holt did best: looking at education with a calm, suspicious eye and asking whether the system designed to help children learn might, in fact, be doing something rather less helpful. This is classic Pelican territory: serious, compact, reform-minded, and faintly dangerous to anyone too comfortable with desks in rows. Holt was one of the great critics of conventional schooling, and here he worries away at the assumptions beneath school life: testing, obedience, boredom, failure, authority, and the curious institutional belief that children learn best when surrounded by bells, rules, and adults measuring them at regular intervals. The title is beautifully barbed. The Underachieving School sounds at first like a book about pupils not trying hard enough. Then Holt turns the spotlight neatly around and suggests the real underachiever may be the institution itself. Awkward. Very awkward. Especially for anyone holding a clipboard. There is something wonderfully 1970s Pelican about the whole thing: earnest, radical, intelligent, and convinced that society might be improved if people would stop pretending the existing arrangements were natural laws. It belongs to that honourable shelf of books that do not merely explain a subject, but quietly encourage the reader to become difficult at meetings. Condition: Good, which seems apt for a book about systems that survive criticism better than they deserve. A sharp and thoughtful read for teachers, parents, educational reformers, homeschoolers, former pupils with unresolved feelings about double maths, and anyone who has ever suspected that ?schooling? and ?learning? are not always the same thing.…

softcover. B035486; 208 pp softcover, good contents & wraps; underlining at p.75 only.

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