JOHN HOLT

Analytic learners like facts and like learning things in sequential steps.

Many of their preferred methods are used in traditional teaching. Teachers generally give tests that favour analytic learners, such as true and false or multiple choice exams.

Learning and teaching are related to each other. The more you teach, the more you will be interested in the topic. Teaching something you know, rather than subtracting, adds more value.

We think that teaching some skills will create direct o...

I tried to envision what authentic intellectual work might be, how it might draw in ordinary learners without losing its reach to the depths.

Intellectual activity nurtures an inner life, a human core that is a refuge from suffering as much as it is a resource for reflection for its own sak...