What Do I Do Monday?"This intensely human and caring book is a testament to a life devoted to the possibilities inherent in every one of us. It is, as John Holt writes, 'a book for teachers, for parents, for children or friends of children, for anyone who cares about education. It is about learning and above all some of the ways in which, in school or out, we might help children learn better and perhaps learn better ourselves.' What Do I Do Monday? combines Mr. Holt's theories of education--the idea of learning as a growth process, a moving and expanding of the child into the world around him; a belief that we learn best when we feel the wholeness and openness of the world around us, and our own freedom and power and competence in it--with practical, easy-to-use ideas and exercises in reading, writing, and mathematics. By helping us to see the conditions necessary for learning, John Holt has also provided every parent and teacher with a way to begin to make the changes desperately needed in our schools and school systems."--Jacket. |
Contents
WHAT DO I DO MONDAY? | 11 |
THE MENTAL MODEL | 13 |
THE WORLDS I LIVE IN | 20 |
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