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TEACHER.
Edition: Paperback.
New York: Bantam, (1964.). The controversial educator describes her teaching methods in a small school among the Maoris in New Zealand. Photographs. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-553-08627.
Condition: Very good+.
Book ID: 48174More details Price: $8.50 -
SPEARPOINT: "Teacher" in America.
Edition: Paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (1974.). Autobiographical work by this innovative teacher, best known for her work with Maori children in her native New Zealand. ISBN: 0-394-719972.
Condition: Good condition - light crease on front cover..
Book ID: 37258More details Price: $10.00 -
SPEARPOINT: "Teacher" in America.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. dj. Autobiographical work by this innovative teacher, best known for her work with Maori children in her native New Zealand.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 2737More details Price: $12.00 -
TEACHER.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986.). The controversial educator describes her teaching methods in a small school among the Maoris in New Zealand. Foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston. Photographs. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-671-617680.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, tear to upper edge of back cover.)
Book ID: 56209More details Price: $11.50 -
TEACHER.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986.). SIGNED - The controversial educator describes her teaching methods in a small school among the Maoris in New Zealand. SIGNED by Maxine Hong Kingston at her foreword. Photographs. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-671-617680.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 45503More details Price: $24.00 -
THE RELEVANCE OF EDUCATION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1971. dj. A collection of essays written between 1964 and 1970 by this psychologist and educator which look at educational reform from the perspective of the needs of young children. Specific attention is given to children coming from impoverished backgrounds, and to the issue that minor curriculum improvements are not adequate. Bibliography, index, 175 pages. ISBN: 0-393-043347.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 20819More details Price: $20.00 -
HOMEWORK: Required Reading for Teachers and Parents.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - After ten years of teaching in New York City's public schools, Channon felt dissatisfied with what she was achieving, so she decided to experiment with a more open classroom one year - this is an account of that year, its successes but also its failures and how much she learned. 128 pp.
Condition: Near fine in light blue boards in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear.
Book ID: 90217More details Price: $16.50 -
THE NAKED CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Macmillan, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of a year the author spent with five 8th & 9th grade students at a mostly Black junior high school in Washington, D.C. - he calls these students "the single most powerful force I have ever known for good change in bad education." 254 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (tear on back cover of dj, other minor edgewear)
Book ID: 84519More details Price: $16.50 -
BETWEEN PARENT & CHILD: New Solutions to Old Problems.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Macmillan, (1965.). Hardcover - Another of Ginott's simply written but very helpful books on communicating with children. If you have children, or teach them, and haven't read Ginott, you should. Index. 219 pp.
Condition: Very good condition (lacking the dustjacket).
Book ID: 32287More details Price: $12.50 -
SCHOOLS WITHOUT FAILURE.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. dj. Hardcover - Attributes failure in school to faulty education; the main emphasis is on elementary schools, but the principles can be applied at all levels. Still very relevant - in the years since this book was written, school failure has become more widespread. Index. 235 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 27026More details Price: $13.50 -
SCHOOLS WITHOUT FAILURE.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. dj. Hardcover - Attributes failure in school to faulty education; the main emphasis is on elementary schools, but the principles can be applied at all levels. Still very relevant - in the years since this book was written, school failure has become more widespread. Index. 235 pp.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (some discoloration to bottom of textblock, short tears to dj)
Book ID: 62410More details Price: $12.50 -
NINE ROTTEN LOUSY KIDS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972. Hardcover first edition - The story of a unique, experimental school for delinquent boys - a detailed record of the experiences of 9 boys who came to that school as an alternative to imprisonment.
Condition: NF/G+ (some closed tears, associated creasing.)
Book ID: 3713More details Price: $18.00 -
FAMILY MATTERS: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book by the author of "Snow Falling on Cedars" published after his first collection of short stories, and while he was still a high school teacher, who was homeschooling his own children. Notes on sources, further reading. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-15-193097X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46675More details Price: $24.50 -
CHILDREN'S FREEDOM: A. S. Neill And The Evolution Of The Summerhill Idea.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Schocken, (1974). An evaluation of A. S. Neill's contribution to educational practice, fifty years after the founding of Summerhill. A book which puts the radical ideas of Neill into the social and political context of our time. Photographs, bibliography, index. xii, 218 pp. ISBN: 0-805204555.
Condition: Very good.
Book ID: 78620More details Price: $11.50 -
HOW TO SURVIVE IN YOUR NATIVE LAND.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1971.) dj. Hardcover - Herndon looks at the 'good' mostly white, upper-middle class public schools and discusses the fatal flaws in public education: the system deals with children in groups and in every group there are some winners and some losers. While the educational reform movements of the 60's and 70's have been forgotten by most, the educational level of US children continues to drop (to the point where they had to change the scale on the SATs) and a book like this still contains much that is valuable, even if the hope of reform seems long-dead. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-671-208640.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 46536More details Price: $12.50 -
INSTEAD OF EDUCATION: Ways to Help People Do Things Better.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - An uncommon and provocative title by this author who was perhaps the most influential in the 60's and 70's alternative educational movement - his books How Children Learn and How Children Fail remain classics in the study of children. Holt's books combine clear observation, a respect for children, accessible writing and concrete suggestions. ISBN: 0-525-134379.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 22555More details Price: $60.00 -
HOW CHILDREN LEARN.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Pitman, 1969. Holt's second classic book on how children learn - based on his observations of children in the classroom. Despite the years which have gone by since the original publication of this quietly revolutionary book, it remains must reading for every parent and every teacher. Bibliography. 192 pp
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 27014More details Price: $9.50 -
HOW CHILDREN FAIL
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Pitman, 1964. dj. Holt's first classic book on how children learn - and why they fail - based on his observations of children in the classroom. Despite the years which have gone by since the original publication of this quietly revolutionary book, it remains must reading for every parent and every teacher. Introduction by Allan Fromme.
Condition: VG+/VG- (rubbing to dj.)
Book ID: 11422More details Price: $10.00 -
THE UNDERACHIEVING SCHOOL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In this, his 4th book, Holt turns his attention to specific problems affecting American eduction - problems which are even more significant today than when he wrote this book. The chapter headings give a sense of the variety of topics: the rat race, the tyranny of testing, making children hate reading ...Bibliography. 209 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (bookplate.)
Book ID: 50913More details Price: $17.50 -
HOW CHILDREN LEARN.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Pitman, 1967. dj. Hardcover - Holt's second classic book on how children learn - based on his observations of children in the classroom. Despite the years which have gone by since the original publication of this quietly revolutionary book, it remains must reading for every parent and every teacher. 189 pp
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket.
Book ID: 27013More details Price: $13.50 -
THE UNDERACHIEVING SCHOOL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In this, his 4th book, Holt turns his attention to specific problems affecting American eduction - problems which are even more significant today than when he wrote this book. The chapter headings give a sense of the variety of topics: the rat race, the tyranny of testing, making children hate reading ...Bibliography. 209 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, price-clipped, short tears to dj.)
Book ID: 29189More details Price: $15.00 -
WHITE TEACHER IN A BLACK SCHOOL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Devon-Adair, 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on the author's experiences in 2 schools in Los Angeles.
Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket.
Book ID: 11585More details Price: $15.00 -
WHITE TEACHER IN A BLACK SCHOOL.
Edition: First paperback printing.
Chicago: Henry Regnery, (c. 1964.). Based on the author's experiences in 2 schools in Los Angeles. 256 pp.
Condition: Very near fine -the usual toning to the pages, but otherwise an attractive vintage paperback.
Book ID: 27134More details Price: $10.00 -
"I WON'T LEARN FROM YOU" and Other thoughts on Creative Maladjustment.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The New Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of five essays on education, especially urban public education (and its failures) by this innovative thinker. Foreword by Colin Greer. xvii, 153 pp. ISBN: 156584095X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 67716More details Price: $20.00 -
FREE SCHOOLS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. dj. Hardcover - Detailed instructions on how to set up a free school, what it really should be, and how to make sure it survives past the first heady few months. 146 pp. ISBN: 0-395-136067.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (inside edges of dj have been reinforced with tape to prevent tears and wear.)
Book ID: 25831More details Price: $12.50 -
DEATH AT AN EARLY AGE: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. dj. Hardcover - Kozol's influential first book, an account of a year spent as a permanent 'substitute teacher' in a 4th grade class; two weeks before the end of the year, he was fired when a white parent complained that he had the children reading a poem by Langston Hughes, which was not part of the 'official curriculum.'
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 28042More details Price: $13.50 -
'NEILL! NEILL! ORANGE PEEL!'
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc. (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Warm and very personal autobiography - and comments about his views on everything from reading to women, death, humor and the future - by the founder and head of the controversial school, Summerhill - written 50 years after its founding. An unassuming book, but an important book for anyone interested in education. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 538 pp. ISBN: 0-8055-10427.
Condition: Very good+ in very good dust jacket (lamination flaw to back cover of dj)
Book ID: 32410More details Price: $20.00 -
'NEILL! NEILL! ORANGE PEEL!'
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc. (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Warm and very personal autobiography - and comments about his views on everything from reading to women, death, humor and the future - by the founder and head of the controversial school, Summerhill - written 50 years after its founding. An unassuming book, but an important book for anyone interested in education. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 538 pp. ISBN: 0-8055-10427.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 52546More details Price: $24.00 -
'NEILL! NEILL! ORANGE PEEL!'
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc. (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Warm and very personal autobiography - and comments about his views on everything from reading to women, death, humor and the future - by the founder and head of the controversial school, Summerhill - written 50 years after its founding. An unassuming book, but an important book for anyone interested in education. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 538 pp. ISBN: 0-8055-10427.
Condition: Very good+ in very good dust jacket (bookplate, tape repair to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 29400More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SCHOOL BOOK: For People Who Want to Know What All the Hollering is About.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book aimed at the "amateurs" - parents and others who want to know how to make the schools better. More than 40 years later, this is still as relevant as ever - or even more so, xii, Resources, index. 308 pp
Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (some dampstaining to edges of back cover of dj, affecting the book slightly, original price of 7.95 still present - and a sturdy, tight copy)
Book ID: 79159More details Price: $18.50