{"product_id":"9781932698374","title":"Cabinet 39: Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cabinet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040253165808,"sku":"9781932698374","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781932698374_p0.jpg?v=1763639465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781932698374","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}