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Quotes on Teaching and Learning
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. Og Mandino
Tell if you know, ask if you don't. Duane Alan Hahn
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. George Santayana
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. John Cotton Dana
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. Peter F. Drucker
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men. John Dewey
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds. Frederick W. Robertson
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. Gail Godwin
Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. Plato
It seems that, as parents and educators, we mold children's values and morals. We teach them valuable lessons related to honesty, courage, integrity, loyalty and so on. Yet it seems that we allow children to dictate to us the concept of 'fairness.' When asked to define 'fairness,' most children respond: "Fairness means everybody gets the same." Unfortunately, we often allow children to convince us that this indeed is the definition of that concept. As a result, we attempt to deal with all children in an identical manner. When a teacher modifies a lesson for an LD child or adjusts the course requirements for him, his classmates charge that the situation is 'unfair.' Rather than respond to their complaints, the teacher should explain that the mature conceptualization of 'fairness' is not equal, identical treatment; rather, 'fairness' means that every student receives what he needs. Because each individual's needs are different, 'fairness' dictates that their programs and expectations will be different. Children are capable of understanding this concept if it is explained clearly and if it is observed daily in the teacher's modeling behavior.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William A. Ward
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. Albert Einstein
Knowledge exists to be imparted. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own. Unknown
He that imagines he has knowledge enough has none. Unknown
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. Thomas Carruthers
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. Mark Van Doren
When you only read things that you agree with, the mind becomes stagnant. Duane Alan Hahn
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. Margaret Fuller
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows—and I needn't. Francis Yeats-Brown
When one teaches, two learn. Robert Half
You teach what you have to learn. It is not necessary to have achieved perfection to speak of perfection. It is not necessary to have achieved mastery to speak of mastery. God from Conversations with God (Book 3) through Neale Donald Walsch
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection which is noblest second, by imitation, which is the easiest and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius
One of the most exciting developments in modern education goes by the name of cooperative (or collaborative) learning and has children working in pairs or small groups. An impressive collection of studies has shown that participation in well-functioning cooperative groups leads students to feel more positive about themselves, about each other, and about the subject they're studying. Students also learn more effectively on a variety of measures when they can learn with each other instead of against each other or apart from each other. Cooperative learning works with kindergartners and graduate students, with students who struggle to understand and students who pick things up instantly it works for math and science, language skills and social studies, fine arts and foreign languages. Alfie Kohn from Punished By Rewards
We destroy the love of learning in children, which is so strong when they are small, by encouraging and compelling them to work for petty and contemptible rewards, gold stars, or papers marked 100 and tacked to the wall, or A's on report cards, or honor rolls, or dean's lists, or Phi Beta Kappa keys, in short, for the ignoble satisfaction of feeling that they are better than someone else. John Holt (adapted)
One must marvel at the intellectual quality of a teacher who can't understand why children assault one another in the hallway, playground, and city street, when in the classroom the highest accolades are reserved for those who have beaten their peers. In many subtle and some not so subtle ways, teachers demonstrate that what children learn means much less than that they triumph over their classmates. Is this not assault? Classroom defeat is only the pebble that creates widening ripples of hostility. It is self-perpetuating. It is reinforced by peer censure, parental disapproval, and loss of self-concept. If the classroom is a model, and if that classroom models competition, assault in the hallways should surprise no one. Joseph Wax (adapted)
There's put-down humor, where a person or a group of people is the target of cruelty in the guise of a "joke." And then there's inclusive humor — the kind I practice and promote in my work. Inclusive humor means everyone is included in the laughter and it isn't at anyone else's expense.
Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism…the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young. Henry S. Canby
Learning without thought is labor lost. Confucius
Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion. Terence
It's easy to point a finger, but much harder to point the way. Duane Alan Hahn
All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent. John F. Kennedy
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it. Alexandre Dumas
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Kahlil Gibran
A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught. Seneca
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Pages in this Section Teaching & Learning Related Books No Contest: The Case Against Competition Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing The Case Against Homework: How Homework Is Hurting Our Children and What We Can Do About It The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning Everyone Wins! Cooperative Games and Activities Cooperative Games And Sports: Joyful Activities For Everyone The Spirit of Play: Cooperative Games for All Ages, Sizes and Abilities Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your History Textbook Got Wrong Cooperative Games The Secret Door: A Co-Operative Mystery Game Harvest Time: A Harvest the Crops Before Winter Comes Co-Operative Game Caves and Claws: A Co-operative Game of Jungle Suspense, Danger and Teamwork Ogres and Elves: A Co-operative Game of Teamwork, Strategy and Sharing Related Links Oriental Trading Company Keeping ‘Learning’ in E-Learning Alliance for the Separation of School and State |
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