Alfie Kohn - Books, Articles, and DVDs

Books, Articles, and DVDs

Kohn has published a total of twelve books. This includes seven on issues in education (e.g. homework, standardized testing, grades, teaching styles), one on parenting, and four on general topics (e.g. human nature, competition, motivation). His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

  • No Contest: The Case Against Competition (Houghton Mifflin, 1986/1992)
  • You Know What They Say...: The Truth About Popular Beliefs (HarperCollins, 1990)
  • The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life (Basic Books, 1990)
  • Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (Houghton Mifflin, 1993/1999)
  • Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1996/2006)
  • What To Look For In A Classroom... And Other Essays (Jossey-Bass, 1998)
  • The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
  • The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools (Heinemann, 2000)
  • What Does It Mean To Be Well Educated? And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies (Beacon Press, 2004)
  • Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Atria Books, 2005)
  • The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing (Da Capo Books, 2006)
  • Feel Bad Education: And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling (Beacon Press, 2011)

Edited by Kohn:

  • Education, Inc.: Turning Learning into a Business (Heinemann, 2002)

DVDs of Kohn's lectures:

  • Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason.
  • No Grades + No Homework = Better Learning.

Kohn has written hundreds of articles for academic journals, popular magazines, and newspapers, many of which are available on his website. Among the publications to which he has contributed are The Atlantic, The New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Parents, and a variety of education periodicals.

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