"The difference between a good educator and a……" — Alfie Kohn
"The difference between a good educator and a great educator is that the former figures out how to work within the constraints of traditional policies and accepted assumptions, whereas the latter figures out how to change whatever gets in the way of doing right by kids. 'But we've always...', 'But the parents will never...', 'But we can't be the only school in the area to...' - all such protestations are unpersuasive to great educators. If research and common sense argue for doing things differently, then the question isn't whether to change course but how to make it happen."
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44 Quotes by Alfie Kohn
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Learning is something students do, NOT something done to students.
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The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.
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You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them.…
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Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken…
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John Dewey reminded us that the value of what students do 'resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater…
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Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for…
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How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the…
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Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.
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