“The educative value of manual activities and of laboratory exercises, as well as of play, depends upon the extent in which they aid in bringing about a sensing of the meaning of what is going on. In effect, if not in name, they are dramatizations.” IfsWellsPlayValuesNamesEffectsDependsExerciseActivityAidsLaboratoryManualsSensing Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn't been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.” PeopleNeedsBelieveFactsProblemAbleLostI BelieveAnswersWorstExampleDependsDiseaseScientistEnvironmentalSolveAidsOur TimeDisappointedContemptPollutionHivEnvironmental Pollution Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“To solicit the aid of luck is like stirring muddy water to bring objects submerged at the bottom to the top where they can be seen. Every worker would to well to tempt their good luck. Nevertheless, we should not depend on it too much.” ShouldWellsWaterToo MuchObjectsDependsLuckWorkersBottomAidsNeverthelessGood LuckStirringMuddySubmerged Author:Santiago Ramon y Cajal
“Now, the velocity of wave propagation can be seen, without the aid of any mathematical analysis, to depend on the elasticity of the medium and its density; for we can see that if a medium is highly elastic the disturbance would be propagated at a great speed.” IfsWould BeDependsWaveSpeedAidsMediumsMathematicalAnalysisDisturbanceVelocityDensityPropagationElasticityMathematical Analysis Author:Albert A. Michelson
“The educational process should not be one of homogenizing. It should be one of encouraging excellence... when we fail to make financial aid depend upon performance, we eliminate the incentive to excellence.” ShouldProcessEducationFailingDependsPerformancesExcellenceFinancialEducationalAidsIncentivesFinancial Aid Author:John H. Sununu
“The terrifying breakdown of social cohesion in the American city, in spite of intense institutionalized police surveillance equipped with every sophisticated aid to public control, illustrates that social behaviour depends upon mutual responsibility rather than upon the policeman.” SocialCitiesResponsibilityDependsPoliceAidsIntenseSpiteMutualBehaviourSophisticatedPolicemenSurveillanceBreakdownCohesionAmerican Cities Author:Colin Ward