Behavior Quote by William James

“It is [the teacher's] business to be on the alert to see what attitudes and habitual tendencies are being created. In this direction he[sic]…

— John Dewey

It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.

— 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…

— William James

A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart.

— Horace Mann

There is a gap between the knowledge, skills, or state of mind of the learner and what he is to learn, which it seems…

— Paul Q. Hirst

Education should turn out the pupil with something he knows well and something he can do well.

— Alfred North Whitehead

But as Nature is the best guide, teaching must be the development of natural inclinations, for which purpose the teacher must watch his pupil…

— Michel de Montaigne

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally…

— John Dewey

“As students, we have all known two types of teachers, the pedantic and the inspiring. The former have a definite method and operate according…

— Anonymous

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

— Maria Montessori

I am sure that one secret of a successful teacher is that he has formulated quite clearly in his mind what the pupil has…

— Alfred North Whitehead

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

— Bruce Lee