“The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads so that, while seated on the lavatory, waiting in doctors' surgeries, on stationary trains or watching interviews with politicians, they may have something interesting to think about.” ThinkingWorldShouldMayChildrenWaitingInterestingEducationPoliticianDoctorsAimTrainInterviewsSurgeryAnthologySomething InterestingStationaryAim Of Education Author:John Mortimer
“Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?” LoveFeelsShouldChildrenAgeHappinessEducationFamilyLearningSocietyAdultsResponsibleEducation SystemGreat EducationTeaching And LearningSchools And EducationChildren LearningChildren EducationStudents And EducationStudent LearningChildren And EducationEducation For AllImportance Of EducationAdult EducationAdult Learning Book:The Sane Society Source: The Sane Society
“Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his education were never entered in the bills which his father paid for.” KnowsMenShouldFatherEducationStrangeGeniusCircumstancesPaidBillsPreparedPracticalsItems Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“[E]very man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential - unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income.” MenShouldMoneyRaceEducationTalentBirthIncomeBarriersArbitraryFull Potential Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
“Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.” PeopleGivingShouldTodayYoungGrowsEducationTeachTechnologyLearningCuttingTeachingFlowerPlantEducationalSunshineSchoolingSelf EducationSchooledHomeschoolingGreat EducationTeaching And LearningEducation And TeachersSchools And EducationLife LearningSchool EducationGreat EducationalTeaching And EducationTeaching EducationSchool LifeTeaching LearningChildren LearningInspirational TeacherTeacher And StudentGreat TeachingQuality EducationGood TeachingChildren EducationStudents And EducationStudent LearningEducation For AllTeaching StudentsRelated To EducationTeachers Learning From StudentsLife TeachesWhat Is EducationGreat SchoolsLearning And GrowingSpecial EducationModern EducationEffective TeacherPhysical EducationYoung StudentsTechnology And EducationEducation TodayEffective TeachingTechnology In EducationLife Teaching Author:John W. Gardner
“If children are apparently unable to learn, we should assume that we have not as yet found the right way to teach them.” IfsWayShouldChildrenFoundEducationTeachLearningTeacherAssumingRight WayResearchersTeaching ChildrenChildren LearningBad Teacher Author:Marie Clay