User:Mchua/Braindumps/Education reading list

From OLPC

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[edit] By Piaget

• The Child's Conception of the World

[edit] By Papert

• Mindstorms
• The Children's Machine
• [http://www.amazon.com/Connected-Family-Bridging-Digital-Generation/dp/1563523353 The Connected Family
• Perceptrons
• Constructionism

[edit] By other students of Piaget

• The Having of Wonderful Ideas by Eleanor Duckworth

[edit] By John Holt

John Holt's writings on the Unschooling movement can serve as resources for how self-directed learning can happen within a school environment as well.

• [How Children Learn]
• What do I do Monday

[edit] By Alfie Kohn

Great thoughts on evaluation/grades and homework - shakes up some fundamental conceptions on things I've always assumed were "part of school."

• Punished by Rewards
• The Homework Myth

[edit] On computers in schools

• Never mind the laptops