Herbert R Kohl (525 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In Stupidity and Tears, renowned educator and National Book Award winner Herbert Kohl offers us a thoughtful and ultimately optimistic meditation on the forces that conspire to keep teachers and students ?stupid??i.e., frustrated and unable to excel in an education system that is clearly failing them.Among the topics explored by Kohl are the pressures of standards based assessments and harrowing sink-or-swim policies, the pain teachers feel when asked to teach against their pedagogical conscience, the development of a capacity to sense how students perceive the world, and the importance of hope and creativity in strengthening the social imagination of students and teachers.A rousing call for common sense in the face of dwindling budgets, crippling state mandates, and injudicious politics, Stupidity and Tears is ?vintage Kohl?incisive, funny, reflective, profound . . . a provocation to educators to better teach all our children? (Norman Fruchter, NYU Institute of Education and Social Policy).…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Poetry has the power to move and challenge the reader. It can intensify or even celebrate misery, be cynical or wry, or just laugh outright in an outrageous way. Poetry is as serious and as antic as life, and yet reading modern poetry can be difficult, shocking to our sense of what language is our must be. In A Grain of Poetry, Herbert Kohl opens the door to communication with poetry--the whole range and variety of contemporary poetic voices. While reading poetry doesn't have to involve making critical judgments, it does require knowing how to read modern works and how to be patient and give oneself over to the language and sentiments of a poem. Rather than provide a critical analysis of "good" poetry, Kohl presents a series of guideposts to help everyone read poetry and discover those poems that inform and inspire them. In clear, direct language, he covers all of the essential--but often uncharted--paths to understanding poetry:form and structure, line breaks and pauses, rhythm and melody, imagery, and recitation. Written by one of the country's leading educators, A Grain of Poetry is a comprehensive and highly accessible guide for all poets, students, and poetry lovers.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Poetry has the power to move and challenge the reader. It can intensify or even celebrate misery, be cynical or wry, or just laugh outright in an outrageous way. Poetry is as serious and antic as life, and yet reading modern poetry can be shocking to our sense of what language is or must be. In A Grain of Poetry, Herbert Kohl presents a series of guideposts to help everyone read poetry and discover those poems that inform and inspire them. In clear, direct language, he covers all of the essential-but often unchartedpaths to understanding poetry: form and structure, line breaks and pauses, rhythm and melody, imagery, and recitation. Written by one of the country's leading educators, A Grain of Poetry is a comprehensive and accessible guide for all poets, students, and poetry lovers.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Poetry has the power to move and challenge the reader. It can intensify or even celebrate misery, be cynical or wry, or just laugh outright in an outrageous way. Poetry is as serious and antic as life, and yet reading modern poetry can be shocking to our sense of what language is or must be. In A Grain of Poetry, Herbert Kohl presents a series of guideposts to help everyone read poetry and discover those poems that inform and inspire them. In clear, direct language, he covers all of the essential-but often unchartedpaths to understanding poetry: form and structure, line breaks and pauses, rhythm and melody, imagery, and recitation. Written by one of the country's leading educators, A Grain of Poetry is a comprehensive and accessible guide for all poets, students, and poetry lovers.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. In ?provocative and entertaining essays [that] will appeal to reflective readers, parents, and educators? (Library Journal), one of the country?s foremost education writers looks at the stories we tell our children. Available now in a revised edition, including a new essay on the importance of ?stoop-sitting? and storytelling, Should We Burn Babar? challenges some of the chestnuts of children?s literature. Highlighting instances of racism, sexism, and condescension that detract from the tales being told, Kohl provides strategies for detecting bias in stories written for young people and suggests ways to teach kids to think critically about what they read.Beginning with the title essay on Babar the elephant??just one of a fine series of inquiries into the power children?s books have to shape cultural attitudes,? according to Elliott Bay Booknotes?the book includes essays on Pinocchio, the history of progressive education, and a call for the writing of more radical children?s literature. As the Hungry Mind Review concluded, ?Kohl?s prescriptions for renewing our schools through the use of stories and storytelling are impassioned, well-reasoned, and readable..…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. In ?provocative and entertaining essays [that] will appeal to reflective readers, parents, and educators? (Library Journal), one of the country?s foremost education writers looks at the stories we tell our children. Available now in a revised edition, including a new essay on the importance of ?stoop-sitting? and storytelling, Should We Burn Babar? challenges some of the chestnuts of children?s literature. Highlighting instances of racism, sexism, and condescension that detract from the tales being told, Kohl provides strategies for detecting bias in stories written for young people and suggests ways to teach kids to think critically about what they read.Beginning with the title essay on Babar the elephant??just one of a fine series of inquiries into the power children?s books have to shape cultural attitudes,? according to Elliott Bay Booknotes?the book includes essays on Pinocchio, the history of progressive education, and a call for the writing of more radical children?s literature. As the Hungry Mind Review concluded, ?Kohl?s prescriptions for renewing our schools through the use of stories and storytelling are impassioned, well-reasoned, and readable..…