Attention Quote by Alan Perlis

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing…

— Anonymous

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is…

— Sydney J. Harris

Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best…

— Ivan Illich

It is important to engage students by focussing at what they wanted to do, rather than forcing them to do something.

— Sonam Wangchuk

Our education system is increasingly embracing a black-and-white way of thinking, in which 'learning' and 'play' are diametrically opposed. 'Learning' is the serious stuff…

— Darell Hammond

“Is not the great defect of our education today—a defect traceable through all the disquieting symptoms of trouble that I have mentioned—that although we…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

It's an old idea. It's arguably the first way that people learn, that, hey, if you need to learn something, if you're having trouble…

— Sal Khan

We need to make education so much fun that students can't help but learn.

— Sebastian Thrun

We live in a society that penalizes highly creative individuals for their non-conformist autonomy. This makes the teaching of problem solving in design both…

— Victor Papanek

“Most schools in most countries place a higher priority on teaching students to follow instructions and rules (becoming A students) than on helping students…

— Mitchel Resnick

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have…

— Marva Collins

It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life.

— B. F. Skinner