How Children Learn
- ISBN-10
- 0201484048
- ISBN-13
- 9780201484045
- Series
- How Children Learn
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-09-04
- Publisher
- Da Capo Lifelong Books
- Author
- John Holt
Description
Explores the natural learning processes of children at the pre-school and primary grade level and describes the ways in which formal education damages and impedes the child's independent ability to learn
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