Learning Quotes

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Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when… — Stanley Kubrick
To be a teacher you must be a prophet - because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into… — Gordon Brown
The world cannot afford to lose the talents of half it's people if we are to solve the many problems that beset us. — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time. — Tom Peters
The young child approaching a new subject or anew problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field. — Jerome Bruner
The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students. — Mortimer Adler
The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The coach applauds strengths,… — David Perkins
Expert tutors often do not help very much. They hang back letting the student manage as much as possible. And when things go awry, rather… — Mark Lepper
The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming? — W. Somerset Maugham
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it. — Mao Zedong
Let the main object... to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more. — John Amos Comenius
After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world depends — Wallace Stevens
In order for the brain to comprehend the heart must first listen. — David Perkins
One barrier... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving. — David Perkins
An individual who stands out, or disagrees or takes risks is a danger to such systems and is effortlessly and, unconsciously sidelined. — John Ralston Saul
The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to… — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
It is a luxury to learn; but the luxury of learning is not to be compared with the luxury of teaching. — Roswell Dwight Hitchcock
Education ultimately depends on what happens in classrooms... between teachers and learners. That is fundamental.'... 'I hope that teachers will discover the optimism and direction… — David Perkins
The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do. — Alfie Kohn

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