Quotes by Teaching Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results. John Dewey teachingeducationthinking If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. John Dewey powerfulteachingteacher When I'm teaching, I'm not really doing my job if the student who's always comfortable doing wacko stuff all over the page keeps getting gold stars from me for doing wacko stuff all over the page. A riskier assignment for that student, who might be used to hiding behind a lot of formal armor, would be to try to do something straightforward, traditionally, in which they are much more directly laid bare for the reader. John D'Agata starsteachingjobs The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under its guidance and teaching, to ask every good thing from [God], and, when it is received, ascribe it to him. For how can the idea of God enter your mind without instantly giving rise to the thought, that since you are his workmanship, you are bound, by the very law of creation, to submit to his authority?-\-\that your life is due to him?-\-\that whatever you do ought to have reference to him. John Calvin teachinglawideas Were all instructors to realize that the quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth something hardly less than a revolution in teaching would be worked. John Dewey qualitygrowthteaching It's good to be around people who see [photography] as a reasonable enterprise when everyone in the neighborhood may think it's ridiculous. (On the benefit of teaching photography) John Divola photographyteachingthinking All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate. John Dewey learningteachingideas I spent an incredible amount of time during my teaching career serving on committees. I now regard the lion's share of the time spent in committee work as having been wasted. One of the great lessons learned by those who achieve is how to manage time. John E Ferling lesson-learnedincrediblesteaching Too rarely is the individual teacher so free from the dictation of authoritative supervisor, textbook on methods, prescribed course of study, etc., that he can let his mind come to close quarters with the pupil's mind and the subject matter. John Dewey teachingmindteacher What's in a question, you ask? Everything. It is evoking stimulating response or stultifying inquiry. It is, in essence, the very core of teaching. John Dewey inquiryessenceteaching I constantly meet people who are doubtful, generally without due reason, about their potential capacity [as mathematicians]. The first test is whether you got anything out of geometry. To have disliked or failed to get on with other [mathematical] subjects need mean nothing; much drill and drudgery is unavoidable before they can get started, and bad teaching can make them unintelligible even to a born mathematician. John Edensor Littlewood failureteachingmean Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards. John Engler teachingteacherthinking In passing, I firmly believe that research should be offset by a certain amount of teaching, if only as a change from the agony of research. The trouble, however, I freely admit, is that in practice you get either no teaching, or else far too much. John Edensor Littlewood changeteachingbelieve One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire. John Dewey successfulteachingteacher What you create when you're teaching fiction writing is a kind of literary salon, not a social club or a mutual admiration society, not a debating society, not a repair shop, not a fight club or a soap box. It's a place to have a conversation about a story. John Dufresne fightingteachingwriting We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by. John Denver teachinggivingkids Wherever the Bible has been consistently applied, it has dramatically changed the civilization and culture of those who have accepted its teaching. No other book has ever so dramatically changed the individual lives and society in general. John F Walvoord teachingcivilizationbook I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms. John Engler michiganteachingthinking The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. John F. Kennedy life-lessonteachingeducation It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils and give their own minds the benefit of the robbery. John Frederick Boyes teachinggivingtwo«8586878889909192939495»
