"Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that……" — Alfie Kohn
"Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is true typically turn out to be those accustomed to being controlled— those who are not trusted, given explanations, encouraged to think for themselves, helped to develop and internalize good values, and so on. Control breeds the need for more control, which is used to justify the use of control."
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Alfie Kohn
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44 Quotes by Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohn has 44 quotes on this site.
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Learning is something students do, NOT something done to students.
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When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and…
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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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Punishments and rewards are two sides of the same coin and that coin doesn't buy you much.
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The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.
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You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them.…
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People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a…
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Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken…
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John Dewey reminded us that the value of what students do 'resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater…
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Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for…
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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…
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Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.
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