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But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst… — William James
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if… — William James
An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the persistency of the… — William James
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits. — William James
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized. — William James
The art of remembering is the art of thinking. When we wish to fix a new thing in either our own mind or a pupil's,… — William James
Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the long examination which life sets… — William James
In all this process of acquiring conceptions, a certain instinctive order is followed. There is a native tendency to assimilate certain kinds of conception at… — William James
Feed the growing human being, feed him with the sort of experience for which from year to year he shows a natural craving, and he… — William James
The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of vision,… — William James
Volition . . . takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on our having a complex field… — William James
You perceive now, my friends, what your general or abstract duty is as teachers. Although you have to generate in your pupils a large stock… — William James
Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have; and, second, on the habitual coupling of the several… — William James
The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take place there; and… — William James
Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should be to sustain… — William James
The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter. — Nel Noddings
There are two lost continents.... We are one: the lovers. — Tom Robbins
'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by it. — Tom Robbins
This may be said for the last quarter of the twentieth century: the truism that if we want a better world we will have to… — Tom Robbins
If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when… — Tom Robbins
The only 'good' learning is that which is in advance of development. — Lev S. Vygotsky
Psychology teaches us at every step that though two types of activity can have the same external manifestation, whether in origin or essence, their nature… — Lev S. Vygotsky
Childhood is a complex dialectical process characterized by periodicity, unevenness in the development of different functions, metamorphosis or qualitative transformation of one form into another,… — Lev S. Vygotsky
Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of… — Lev S. Vygotsky
Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration. — Dick Bennett

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