The Competitive Ethos and Democratic Education
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Young children and even infants work hard at mastering various kills and show spontaneous pleasure at their own accomplishment. John Nicholls explores the conditions that cause students to lose their unselfconscious involvement in a game or task and become concerned with how they are stacking up against others. Charting the development of children's concepts of luck, effort, and ability, he argues that with age they are increasingly prone to take...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674154177
ISBN13:9780674154179
Release Date:April 1989
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:261 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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