内容简介
The basic strategy we use for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summarized in six words: Do this and you'll get that. We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales commissions) in front of people in much the same way we train the family pet. Drawing on a wealth of psychological research, Alfie Kohn points the way to a more successful strategy based on working with people instead of doing things to them. "Do rewards motivate people?" asks Kohn. "Yes. They motivate people to get rewards." Seasoned with humor and familiar examples, Punished By Rewards presents an argument unsettling to hear but impossible to dismiss.
艾尔菲•科恩的写作和演讲广泛涉及学校教育、企业管理和家庭教育等领域。他对奖励的探讨发表于《家长》《哈佛商业评论》等杂志。《时代周刊》最近把他描述为“可能是美国最公开批判评分和考试等教育体制的人”,《财富》杂志则把他称为“美国最猛烈批判金钱奖励的人”。
科恩的其他著作包括《没有竞争:反对竞争的案例》(1986),《人性的光明面:日常生活中的利他主义和同情心》(1990),以及一些关于教育的书籍和文章。有一本是写给老师的——《超越纪律:从服从到合作》(1996),他认为《Punished by Rewards》是推翻整个教室管理的一种温和尝试。他还发表了一系列文章,如“我们在教室和其他实验中寻求什么”(1998)、“孩子们值得拥有的学校:超越传统的课堂和‘更严格的标准’”(1999),等等。
科恩还广泛为《教育杂志》《家庭期刊》《国家》《大西洋月刊》《纽约时报》撰稿。他在美国和国外的演讲得到...