Eric Jensen

For many students, school is an obligation, not a joy and a privilege. This means you need to ‘sell’ the learning to…

— Eric Jensen

“The adolescent is the one who wants to experience everything. The adult comes to realize you can't experience everything.”

— Eric Jensen

…the research on the brain does not validate that we are singularly processing input or learning with a single sensory input.

— Eric Jensen

We are social beings and our brains grow in a social environment.

— Eric Jensen

There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.

— Eric Jensen

From birth to the teenage years, the brain undergoes a fourfold increase in volume

— Eric Jensen

I loved learning, it was school I hated. I used to cut school to go learn something.

— Eric Jensen

“It is the effort put forth under the hardship of doing that which seems unreachable, unachievable, and just too far out of…

— Eric Jensen

The systems they (the Arts) nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attentional, cognitive, emotional, and motor capacities, are, in fact, the driving…

— Eric Jensen

We have discovered that exercise is strongly correlated with increased brain mass, better cognition, mood regulation, and new cell growth.

— Eric Jensen

The most significant learning occurs when emotions are integrated with instruction because all body systems are united. The Arts are strongly linked…

— Eric Jensen

“mood can change quickly, but an attitude changes only through awareness and a true desire to choose a different one. Attitudes influence…

— Eric Jensen

“need to cultivate persistent, purposeful, focused effort to be lifelong learners. On the one hand, a student can rely too heavily on…

— Eric Jensen

“For students to succeed, they'll need to become consummate lifelong learners. The term lifelong learner is certainly not a new one, and…

— Eric Jensen