Accounts Quote by John Dewey

As societies become more complex in structure and resources, the need of formal or intentional teaching and learning increases.

— John Dewey

The greatest danger of traditional education is that learning may remain purely verbal.

— Mirra Komarovsky

The education situation which most effectively promotes significant learning is one in which (1) threat to the self of the learner is reduced to…

— Carl Rogers

In the history of education, the most striking phenomenon is that schools of learning, which at one epoch are alive with a ferment of…

— Ted Sizer

“In education, practical lessons must not become an obstacle to progression from one level to another; there must be a balance with the theory.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

I think we've tied acquiring knowledge too much to school

— Arno Allan Penzias

Education can be dangerous. It is very difficult to make it not dangerous. In fact, it is almost impossible.

— Robert M. Hutchins

The damage of teaching: the constant contact with the undeveloped.

— Theodore Roethke

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.

— William Arthur Ward

Unless the knowledge gained from experience is reconditioned in each new situation, it is a rigid and a dangerous guide.

— Michel De Montaigne

Education can, and should be, dangerous.

— Howard Zinn

Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.

— Edsger Dijkstra