John Goodlad Quotes
- A teacher's failure to create an intellectually reflective, engagement for learning is not simply malpractice but it is immoral particularly for students who cannot withdraw.
- Parents do not own their children. They have no ‘natural right’ to control their education fully.
- Educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement. So it is with morals and patriotism.
- Most youth still hold the same values of their parents…if we do not alter this pattern, if we don’t resocialize, our system will decay.
- Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now.
- It is my expectation that Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice will become a rich resource for continuing this multi-layered conversation-from democratic belief to…
- Public education has served as a check on the power of parents, and this is another powerful reason for maintaining it.
- Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now. Education is a long-term solution. Parents and the general public must be…
- Education is a  task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected.
- The curriculum of the future will be what one might  call the humanistic curriculum.