Alfie Kohn: Quotes about behavior

Alfie Kohn is American author and lecturer. Explore interesting quotes on behavior.
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“The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior. When our primary focus is on discrete behaviors, we end up ignoring the whole child.”

Alfie Kohn

"Unconditional Teaching," Educational Leadership

Children , Books , Behavior , Time

“Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.”

Alfie Kohn

Punished by Rewards

Behavior , Motivation

“The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior.”

Alfie Kohn

Published in Education Leadership, September 2005 http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/uncondtchg.htm

Children , Books , Behavior , Time