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1、HowChildrenLearnJohnHoltContentsPrefaceGames&ExperimentsTalkReadingSportsArt,Math,&OtherThingsFantasyTheMindatWorkLearning&LoveAbouttheAuthorPREFACEHowChildrenFaildescribedchildrenusingtheirmindsbadly.Thisbooktriestodescribechildren--inafewcases,adults--usingthe
2、irmindswell,learningboldlyandeffectively.Someofthechildrendescribedareinschool;mostarenotyetoldenough.Itisbeforetheygettoschoolthatchildrenarelikelytodotheirbestlearning.Manyexpertsagreethatthisisso,thoughtheydifferaboutthereason.Ibelieve,andtrytoshowhere,thatin
3、mostsituationsourmindsworkbestwhenweusetheminacertainway,andthatyoungchildrentendtolearnbetterthangrownups(andbetterthantheythemselveswillwhentheyareolder)becausetheyusetheirmindsinaspecialway.Inshort,childrenhaveastyleoflearningthatfitstheircondition.Whatarethe
4、results?Onlyafewchildreninschooleverbecomegoodatlearninginthewaywetrytomakethemlearn.Mostofthemgethumiliated,frightened,anddiscouraged.Theyusetheirminds,nottolearn,buttogetoutofdoingthethingswetellthemtodo--tomakethemlearn.Intheshortrun,thesestrategiesseemtowork
5、.Theymakeitpossibleformanychildrentogetthroughtheirschoolingeventhoughtheylearnverylittle.Butinthelongrun,thesestrategiesareself-limitingandself-defeating,anddestroybothcharacterandintelligence.Thechildrenwhousesuchstrategiesarepreventedbythemfromgrowingintomore
6、thanlimitedversionsofthehumanbeingstheymighthavebecome.Thisistherealfailurethattakesplaceinschool;hardlyanychildrenescape.Whenwebetterunderstandtheways,conditions,andspiritinwhichchildrendotheirbestlearning,andareabletomakeschoolintoaplacewheretheycanuseandimpro
7、vethestyleofthinkingandlearningnaturaltothem,wemaybeabletopreventmuchofthisfailure.Schoolmaythenbecomeaplaceinwhichallchildrengrow,notjustinsize,noteveninknowledge,butincuriosity,courage,confidence,independence,resourcefulness,resilience,patience,competence,andu
8、nderstanding.Tofindhowbesttodothiswilltakeusalongtime.Wemayfind,infiftyorahundredyears,thatallofwhatwethinkofasourmostup-to-datenotionsaboutschools,teaching,andlearni
