Real education must ultimately
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. Ezra Pound
Adult Education
Why should society feel
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? Erich Fromm
Intelligence plus experience creates
Intelligence plus experience creates ideas, and experimentation with that form of chemistry-the contact of ideas with events-is the field of adult education. Felix Morley
My hope was that
My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs – in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence. Daniel Goleman
Education is learning what
Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know. Daniel J. Boorstin
The purpose of adult
The purpose of adult education is to help them to learn, not to teach them all you know and thus stop them from learning. Carl Rogers
I believe that everyone
I believe that everyone has expertise to sell and that people want to purchase that knowledge in a convenient way. Just as Airbnb made people realize that an extra room in their home or apartment can be a source of income, the new Learning Annex provides a platform for people to monetize their knowledge. It’s … Read more
Journalism’s been a continuing
Journalism’s been a continuing course in adult education for me. Bill Moyers
Suffering is our best
Suffering is our best teacher because it hangs onto us and keeps us in its grip until we have learnt that particular lesson. Only then does suffering let go. If we haven’t learnt our lesson, we can be quite sure that the same lesson is going to come again, because life is nothing but an … Read more
Awaken people’s curiosity. It
Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark. Anatole France