The Case for Working with your hands

The language is a little heavy in the book but I completely support the idea of craft or technical education alongside academic subject in our education.  It then goes onto give examples (through motorcycle repair) of why such skills should be valued in the wider world too.

p158 inverse correlation between giving praise to a child and subsequent persistence at a task
p194 rewards produce reduced engagement with tasks
p204 the need for failure in education and the current vogue to remove all chances of this for every child.