Education and EcstasyDelacorte Press, 1968 - 239 pages Education and Ecstasy, by George Leonard, was originally written as a call for reform in America's school systems. This book reveals the deep-rooted structural problems in American schools-problems which still plague us. Leonard proposes that long school days and tedious homework are not ways to encourage learning; that teachers are overworked and underpaid. He proposes ways to integrate new methods of teaching that are still valuable and applicable today. |
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Page 43
... reinforcement " -is the most effective force for shaping or teaching . Positive reinforce- ment may turn out to be food , money , praise , a kiss , a smile , a fleeting nod of approval . Best of all , it may consist simply of getting a ...
... reinforcement " -is the most effective force for shaping or teaching . Positive reinforce- ment may turn out to be food , money , praise , a kiss , a smile , a fleeting nod of approval . Best of all , it may consist simply of getting a ...
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... reinforcement sys- tems that would be hard for us to imagine . To move toward them means breaking free of " doctrines , " " movements " and " schools of thought " -those old enemies of human devel- opment . A new generation of ...
... reinforcement sys- tems that would be hard for us to imagine . To move toward them means breaking free of " doctrines , " " movements " and " schools of thought " -those old enemies of human devel- opment . A new generation of ...
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... reinforcement ( athletic activity , for example ) that would compete with the reinforcements in learning to talk . At that age in most present human cultures , the baby is surrounded by an ideal environment for precisely this type of ...
... reinforcement ( athletic activity , for example ) that would compete with the reinforcements in learning to talk . At that age in most present human cultures , the baby is surrounded by an ideal environment for precisely this type of ...
Contents
VISITING DAY 2001 A D | 139 |
WE FIND JOHNNY | 157 |
THE FUTURE NOW | 175 |
Copyright | |
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