Good teaching is one-fourth
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. Gail Godwin
Teaching Children
Education… has produced a
Education… has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. G. M. Trevelyan
No one has yet
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. Emma Goldman
The arts teach children
The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer. Elliot W. Eisner
The object of teaching
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. Elbert Hubbard
Spoon feeding in the
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. E. M. Forster
Christianity may be OK
Christianity may be OK between consenting adults in private but should not be taught to young children. Francis Crick
We have a dangerous
We have a dangerous trend beginning to take place in our education. We’re starting to put more and more textbooks into our schools. We’ve become accustomed of late of putting little books into the hands of children, containing fables and moral lessons. We’re spending less time in the classroom on the Bible, which should be … Read more
If you think education
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Derek Bok
If we want children
If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, “the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the … Read more