Appreciation Quote by Maria Montessori

“To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself--that is the first duty of the educator.”

— Maria Montessori

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

— Maria Montessori

This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.

— Maria Montessori

Part of teaching is helping people create themselves.

— Maxine Greene

The job of a teacher is to excite in the young a boundless sense of curiosity about life, so that the growing child shall…

— John Garrett

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is…

— Sydney J. Harris

“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”

— Anatole France

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The…

— Rudolf Steiner

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life.…

— Maria Montessori

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human…

— Maria Montessori

The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.

— Maria Montessori

As we have come to view teaching, it begins with an act of reason, continues with a process of reasoning, culminates in performances of…

— Lee S Shulman