Alfie Kohn Bücher

Alfie Kohn macht Eltern Mut, quer zu denken – damit unsere Kinder zu starken Persönlichkeiten werden und nicht zu kleinen Jasagern, wie es Autorität predigende und immer nur Grenzen fordernde Erziehungspäpste nahelegen. Deren Maximen entlarvt dieses Buch genauso wie das dahinter stehende negative Bild vom Kind, das sie bewusst erzeugen. Ein spannendes Buch für Eltern und alle, die mit Kindern zu tun haben. »Kinder sind keine Tyrannen, und sie werden auch nicht zu Helikopterkindern oder kleinen Prinzessinnen, nur weil wir ihnen Liebe und Verständnis entgegenbringen.« Alfie Kohn

Der amerikanische Erziehungsexperte plädiert für bedingungslose Elternliebe und eine Erziehung ohne Belohnung und Bestrafung.

Ausgehend von der Beobachtung, dass Konkurrenz als selbstverständliches gesellschaftliches Phänomen höchstens im Falle der "Übertreibung" kritisch hinterfragt wird, untersucht der Verfasser (Redakteur bei "Psychology Today") 4 zentrale Vorurteile hinsichtlich des Wettbewerbs. Unter Heranziehung von Material verschiedenster Wissenschaftsgebiete (z.B. Psychoanalyse, Evolutionsbiologie, Freizeitsoziologie) widerlegt er schlüssig die Ansicht, Wettbewerb sei unvermeidlich, produktiver, vergnüglicher und bilde den Charakter. Das Gegenteil sei der Fall, denn er habe (auch auf das Privatleben) eher negative Konsequenzen, die nicht allein durch individuelle Verhaltensänderung, sondern auch durch den Abbau gesellschaftlich vorgegebener Wettbewerbssituationen vermieden werden könnten. Mit ausführlichen Anmerkungen, Literaturverzeichnis und Stichwortregister

In this “lively, provocative and well-researched book” (Theodore Sizer), Alfie Kohn builds a powerful argument against the “back to basics” philosophy of teaching and simplistic demands to “raise the bar.” Drawing on stories from real classrooms and extensive research, Kohn shows parents, educators, and others interested in the debate how schools can help students explore ideas rather than filling them with forgettable facts and preparing them for standardized tests.Here at last is a book that challenges the two dominant forces in American education: an aggressive nostalgia for traditional teaching (“If it was bad enough for me, it’s bad enough for my kids”) and a heavy-handed push for Tougher Standards.

No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers.

Since its publication in 1993, this groundbreaking book has convinced countless parents, teachers, and managers that working with people is more successful than doing things to them. Do rewards motivate people? asks Kohn. Yes. They motivate people to get rewards. Moreover, the use of rewards actually undermines the quality of people's work or learning - and causes them to lose interest in whatever they've been bribed to do. Seasoned with humour and familiar examples - and updated to include a wealth of recent research, Punished by Rewards presents an argument unsettling to hear but impossible to dismiss.

Seasoned with humor and familiar examples, this book presents an argument that is unsettling to hear but impossible to dismiss

The author of Punished by Rewards and The Schools Our Children Deserve returns with a provocative challenge to the conventional ways of raising children. Kohn argues that all children have the need to be loved unconditionally, yet conventional approaches to parenting, such as punishment and reward, teach children that they are loved only when they please and impress parents. Kohn cites powerful research detailing the damage this can cause. Unconditional Parenting pushes parents to question their ideas of parenting and offers practical solutions to problems.

Exploring the essential needs of children in the educational system, this book presents thought-provoking insights from a prominent advocate for reform. It delves into the gaps in traditional schooling and emphasizes the importance of fostering creativity, critical thinking, and emotional well-being. Through compelling arguments and real-world examples, the author challenges conventional practices and proposes innovative approaches to better support the diverse needs of students.

"A prominent and esteemed critic challenges widely held beliefs about children and parenting, revealing that underlying each myth is a deeply conservative ideology that is, ironically, often adopted by liberal parents. Somehow a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children--what they're like and how they should be raised--have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. Young people, meanwhile, are routinely described as entitled and narcissistic. With the same lively, contrarian style that characterizes all of his influential work, Alfie Kohn systematically debunks these beliefs--not only challenging erroneous factual claims but also exposing the troubling ideology that underlies them. Relying on new research and a vast collection of social science data, as well as on logic and humor, he challenges popular parenting myths and argues that, in fact, the major threat to healthy child development is parenting that is too controlling rather than too indulgent"-- Provided by publisher