Alfie Kohn

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Alphie Kohn is an American lecturer and author in the fields of education, psychology and parenting. He is an outspoken critic of American public education, particularly the trend toward pervasive standardized testing, and has written several books attacking "common sense" notions about competition, rewards, and parenting.

Bibliography

See a detailed bibliography on Kohn's homepage [1].

Kohn, Alphie (1986, 1992). No Contest: The Case Against Competition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0395631254
Kohn, Alphie (1990). You Know What They Say ...: The Truth About Popular Beliefs. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0060921153
Kohn, Alphie (1990). The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0465007589
Kohn, Alphie (1993, 1999). Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0618001816
Kohn, Alphie (1996). Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0130930504
Kohn, Alphie (1998). What to Look for in a Classroom ... and Other Essays. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0787952834
Kohn, Alphie (1999). The Schools Out Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards". Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0618083456
Kohn, Alphie (2000). The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. ISBN 0325003254
Kohn, Alphie (Ed.) & Shannon, Patrick (Ed.) (2002). Education, Inc.: Turning Learning into a Business. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. ISBN 0325004897
Kohn, Alphie (2004). What Does It Mean To Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 0807032670
Kohn, Alphie (2005). Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason. New York: Atria Books. ISBN 0743487478