Quote by Rachael Roberts

“It’s almost impossible to teach that sort of writing except by pointing students to a stack of clips and telling them, 'Inhale these.”

— Marilyn Johnson

“the teacher should model by writing—and think out loud while writing—in front of the class.”

— Kelly Gallagher

Teachers learn from their students' discussions

— Rashi

By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own.

— Lev S. Vygotsky

“What the teachers understand, students never understand and in the paper what we want them to understand they never understand so, apparently, students and…

— Himmilicious

Students were taught by doing.

— Minor White

“If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselves; and when you well had studied them, and then would ask me…

— Levi Dowling

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves…

— Dogen

“The most effective learning takes place in the classroom, where you can easily raise your hand, engage in spontaneous discussions with classmates and faculty,…

— Ian Lamont

“Grading doesn’t make my students better writers. Lots of practice coupled with meaningful feedback makes my students better writers.”

— Kelly Gallagher

Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.

— Vladimir Nabokov

Class is knowing what to say, when to say it, and when to stop.

— Ritu Ghatourey