{"product_id":"cabinet-39-sina-najafi-9781932698374","title":"Cabinet 39: Learning","description":"What is learning? An excruciating struggle with techniques and facts? A sensation of joyful encounter with the hitherto unknown? The very notion of the pedagogical conjures a whole range of emotions, and its implications are evident throughout society--for what is culture, after all, but the transmission of knowledge? The thematic section of \u003ci\u003eCabinet\u003c\/i\u003e 39 features an interview with John Haynes, pioneer of the modern instruction manual; Jeff Dolven outlining the theater of pedagogy; Elaine Traub tracing the history of distance learning; Sina Najafi tracking the development of the A-F grading system; and an interview with Zoë Readhead, principal of Summerhill, the world's first \"free school.\" Elsewhere in the issue: Michael Shipley on voice experts used by the police and security services; Emily Walters on boots and colonialism; Suzanne Scott on the history of suntanning; Kris Lee on Kierkegaard and the promotional blurb; and Katrin Arnardottir on the sex lives of Icelandic elves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sina Najafi,Jeff Dolven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193269837X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781932698374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cabinet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.82h x 7.98w x 0.34d","brand":"Sina Najafi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442662617343,"sku":"9781932698374","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a9539ed-6110-45a2-9aa6-26ae32a36f65.jpg?v=1777198915","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cabinet-39-sina-najafi-9781932698374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}