“The principal agent is the object itself and not the instruction given by the teacher. It is the child who uses the objects; it is the child who is active, and not the teacher.” ChildrenUseGivenTeacherTeachingObjectsActiveAgentsInstructionPrincipalEpistemologyPedagogy Author:Maria Montessori
“I would be ashamed to admit to the Indians that, where I come from, the women do not feel themselves capable of raising children until they read the instructions written in a book by a strange man.” MenFeelsChildrenBookWould BeWrittenStrangeCapableAshamedInstructionRaising ChildrenStrange Man Book:The Continuum Concept: Allowing Human Nature to Work Successfully Source: The Continuum Concept: Allowing Human Nature to Work Successfully
“I would take school instruction out of the hands of the old order of decrepit, stammering, journeymen-teachers as well as from the new weak ones, who are generally no better for popular instruction, and entrust it to the undivided powers of Nature herself, to the light that God kindles and ever keeps alive in the hearts of fathers and mothers, to the interest of parents who desire that their children should grow up in favour with God and man.” MenShouldWellsHeartChildrenHandsLightSchoolMotherDesireOrderFatherGrowsParentInterestGrowing UpTeacherAliveWeakInstructionFavourKindlesDecrepitPower Of NatureStammering Author:Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
“It is a fact that unless children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, they, and the society which they constitute or control, will go to destruction. Consequently, when a state resolves that religious instruction shall be banished from the schools and other literary institutions, it virtually resolves on self-destruction.” ChildrenSelfStatesGodFactsSchoolReligionReligiousEducationLordSocietyDestructionInstitutionsResolveInstructionNurtureTheologianSelf DestructionTeaching ChildrenAdmonitionBanishmentReligious EducationChristian Education Book:Systematic Theology Source: Systematic Theology
“Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image.” ShouldChildrenMadeCompassionPrinciplesAdultsInstructionUndertakings Author:Catherine McAuley
“In early childhood, children develop a set of symbols that 'stand for' things they see in the world around them... Children are happy with symbolic drawing until about the age of eight or nine... when children develop a passion for realism. Our schools do not provide drawing instruction. Children try on their own to discover the secrets of realistic drawing, but nearly always fail and, sadly, give up on trying.” WorldGivingTryingChildrenAgeSchoolPassionSecretFailingChildhoodGiving UpEightDrawingNineSymbolsRealisticInstructionRealismSymbolicEarly Childhood Author:Betty Edwards
“The persistent advocates of contraceptive-style sex education have become more and more resourceful in using taxpayer funds to impose their casual-sex attitudes and explicit-sex instruction on other people's children.” PeopleChildrenSexAttitudeStyleFundInstructionPersistentCasualTaxpayersExplicitResourcefulContraceptivesSex Education Author:Phyllis Schlafly