Alfie Kohn: Quotes about behavior

Alfie Kohn is American author and lecturer. Explore interesting quotes on behavior.

Alfie Kohn: 26 quotes2 likes

“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.”

"Unconditional Teaching," Educational Leadership

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

Punished by Rewards

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

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