Quotes by Alfie Kohn

About Alfie Kohn:

Alfie Kohn is an American author and lecturer who has explored a number of topics in 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.
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Many of our elected officials have virtually handed the keys to our schools over to corporate interests. Presidential commissions on education are commonly chaired by the executives of large companies.

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Like any other tool for facilitating the completion of a questionable task, rewards offer a "how" answer to what is really a "why" question.

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Students get the message bout what adults want. When 4th graders in a variety of classroomswere asked what their teachers most wanted them to do, they didn't say, "Ask thoughtful questions" or "Make responsible decisions" or Help others." They said, ...

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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

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How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them.

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In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere of distrust and one of trust, between setting an example of power and helping ...

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The more we want our children to be (1) lifelong learners, genuinely excited about words and numbers and ideas, (2) avoid sticking with what’s easy and safe, and (3) become sophisticated thinkers, the more we should do everything possible to help t...

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Author Bio

  • NameAlfie Kohn
  • DescriptionAmerican author and lecturer
  • BornOctober 15, 1957
  • AwardsOrwell Award