What John Holt thinks about education
Teacher and education writer (1923 to 1985) whose How Children Fail (1964) argued that schools teach children fear and answer-hunting instead of real learning; he later championed homeschooling.
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2 dated positions, c. 1964, in their own words. Our reading of what John Holt has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingSchools should teach what children most want to know, not what adults think they ought to
Their wordsSchools should be a place where children learn what they most want to know, instead of what we think they ought to know.
↗How Children Fail (Pitman, 1964)archive.org All 2 from this book
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Their wordsSchools are a kind of temple of worship for "right answers," and the way to get ahead is to lay plenty of them on the altar.
↗How Children Fail (Pitman, 1964)archive.org All 2 from this book