Publisher's Synopsis
"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin
Here is a list of the best quotes on education, learning, schools and pedagogy in general which is compiled over years. This is a must read for every parent, student, teacher and curious mind.
Without further ado, here are some excerpts:
- "Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily." Thomas Szasz
- "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."Mahatma Gandhi
- "Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."Bertrand Russell
- "School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is." Ivan Illich
- "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
