Educator Quotes

162 quotes by 138 authors

Pedagogy of the Oppressed resonated with progressive educators, already committed to a 'child-centered' rather than a 'teacher-directed' approach to classroom instruction. Freire's rejection of teaching… — Sol Stern
To win in the game of life, we all need both a healthy mind and body. By involving children in the fun and dynamic fitness… — Digger Phelps
This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop. — Maria Montessori
Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor. Both were educators. — Edwin Moses
This is a very challenging moment for educators. Our children are headed for a much more networked existence, one that allows for learning to occur… — Will Richardson
Educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement.Â So it is with morals and patriotism. — John Goodlad
A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator, and general all-round… — Steve Lacy
So at the request of educators I wrote the World Core Curriculum, the product of the United Nations, the meta-organism of human and planetary evolution. — Robert Muller
Exploring Feelings for Young Children with High-Functioning Autism or Asperger's Disorder: The STAMP Treatment Manual offers practical recommendations and creative practices that will certainly help… — Liane Holliday Willey
From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task… — Thomas Armstrong
Tim Price continues to explore and develop his deeply personal approach to music. Through the years his persistence, determination and passion has enabled him to… — Bennie Maupin
A true Educator locates the intelligence and abilities within another, drawing them out for all, even the student, to see. And then steps out of… — L. Ron Hubbard
I keep thinking of the gifts of my own upbringing, which I once took for granted: I can read any book I choose and comprehend… — Helen Prejean
As educators, our challenge is to match the needs of our learners to a world that is changing with great rapidity. To meet this challenge,… — Heidi Hayes Jacobs
What can educators do to foster real intelligence?.. .We can attempt to teach the things that one might imagine the earth would teach us: silence,… — David W. Orr
The best educators are the ones that inspire their students. That inspiration comes from a passion that teachers have for the subject they're teaching. Most… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
An educator's most important task, one might say his holy duty, is to see to it that no child is discouraged at school, and that… — Alfred Adler
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… — Alfie Kohn
Indeed art is fundamental : to science, mathematics and to language. Unfortunately theorists, educators, parents and administrators have not fully understood its importance, relegating it… — John A. Hiigli

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