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I Learn from Children

by Caroline Pratt · 1990

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The author recounts how she developed an alternative approach to teaching children that emphasizes firsthand experience

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educationeducationMore like thisLess of this
Themes
teachersteachersMore like thisLess of this
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New YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult

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