How children fail

This book records a teacher's search for the beginnings of an answer of why children fail. It developed from a journal which John Holy kept while observing children in class. He analyses the strategies children use to meet or dodge the demands which the adult world makes on them, the effect of fear or failure on children, the distinction between real and apparent learning, and the ways in which schools fail to meet the needs of children. His conclusions suggest ways of enriching the experiences of children at school and at home.