Best Alfie Kohn Quotes
- The difference between a good educator and a great educator is that the former figures out how to work within the constraints of traditional policies… Accepted
- Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe. Bunch
- Unconditional parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason From
- Whoever said there's no such thing as a stupid question never looked carefully at a standardized test. Carefully
- 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… Accurate
- In some suburban schools, the curriculum is chock-full of rigorous A.P. courses and the parking lot glitters with pricey SUVs, but one doesn't have to… Chain
- How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose - and fearing that they will make us… Best
- Trying to be number one and trying to do a task well are two different things. Different Things
- If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task. Child
- Punishments erode relationships and moral growth. Erode
- In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks on their tongues. Classroom
- 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… Believer
- 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… Distracts
- 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… Accustomed
- 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… Atmosphere
- In a word, learning is decontextualized. We break ideas down into tiny pieces that bear no relation to the whole. We give students a brick… Another Brick
- To feel controlled is to lose interest. Controlled
- Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions. Children
- Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get rewards. Absolutely