Sentences with phrase «explain alfie»

In this video, whiteboard graphics are used to help explain Alfie Kohn's thoughts on «feel - bad» education, which he believes is a problem for many schools.

«Rewards, like punishments, produce only one thing: temporary obedience,» explains Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes.

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The ambiguity of Alfie's condition is explained in a statement from his doctors.

I recently read Alfie Kohn's The Myth of the Spoiled Child and he very nicely explains it by stating that rewards only work to get temporary compliance and that giving kids rewards to do something (try a new food) sends the message that the thing in and of itself is not worth doing.

To explain what this is all about is author Alfie Kohn in an article adapted from the author's new book The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting, just published by Da Capo Press.

Alfie Williams, co-founder of the animal advocate group banshockcollars.ca explained to me that he once bought a shock collar from a Vancouver pet store, telling the assistant that he intended to use it on a human.