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  • John Holt - The Underachieving School (Vintage Pelican PB 1972)

    • John Holt - The Underachieving School (Vintage Pelican PB 1972)

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    SKU:
    MED8558
    UPC:
    9780140213708
    Weight:
    0.21 KGS
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    Product Description

    Paperback, published by Pelican UK, originally 1971. Examines educational theories and approaches, arguing that for many children and youngpeople schools worked alsmost as a jail, arguing for a vastly altered and more open less structured form of teaching and educational life. 

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