Book: No Contest: The Case Against Competition Updated for the 1990s, the award-winning book that stands as the definitive critique of competition. Kohn says that contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to "human nature", but actually poisons our relationships, damages our self-esteem, and holds us back from doing our best. Includes new matial on "cooperative learning" in the classroom. "By perceiving that cooperation is the answer, not competition, Alfie Kohn opens a new world of living".--Dr. W. Edwards Deming.
No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers.
Details of Book: No Contest: The Case Against Competition Book: No Contest: The Case Against Competition
Author: Alfie Kohn, Kohn
ISBN: 0395631254
ISBN-13: 9780395631256
, 978-0395631256
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 1992/11/12
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Number of Pages: 336
Language: English