Full name: No Contest: The Case Against Competition

Author: Alfie Kohn Year: 1986 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Education, Parenting, Non Fiction, Psychology, Economics, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780395631256 0395631254

No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers. Similar books: Punished By Rewards by Alfie Kohn Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn Beyond Discipline by Alfie Kohn The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley How Children Fail by John Holt How Children Learn by John Holt Inside American Education by Thomas Sowell The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori The Myth of the Rational Voter by Bryan Caplan Endangered Minds by Jane M. Healy A Mind At A Time by Mel Levine The Unschooled Mind by Howard Gardner The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Class War by Megan Erickson Teach Your Children Well by Madeline Levine The Hurried Child by David Elkind Dream Hoarders by Richard V. Reeves Growing Up Absurd by Paul Goodman Not Much Just Chillin' by Linda Perlstein