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“We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over teachers ignores all the social and relational dimensions of teaching and learning.”

Quote by Andy Hargreaves

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Andy Hargreaves

Andy Hargreaves is a renowned educational scholar, born on February 13, 1951. His research focuses on educational leadership, teacher development, and educational policy. more

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“We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing.”

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“Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.”

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“In Finland, within very broad government guidelines, teachers create their own curricula together across schools in every community and district. They don't confine collaboration to their own individual schools and to just implementing other people's ideas.”

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“It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.”

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“Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.”

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Book:Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].

Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].

“A person can do a lot of reading and research as I have done. I went to Spain and spent a whole summer there with my family, immersing myself in the culture. But all that isn't really necessary to experience the music.”

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“I'm interested in music that happens now and that relates to our lives now.”

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“I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.”

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“I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.”

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