A few quotes of interest from my Twitter Favourites List. Some people just have the right words.
DoTheMathBooks The Dennys
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.-Elbert Hubbard #quote
cpaterso cpaterso
"Seek first to understand, not to be understood." (Bob Kegan)
TDSB_Chris Chris Spence
The 5 R's of successful classrooms: responsibility, relevance, rigor, respect and relationships
jerridkruse Jerrid Kruse
Sometimes quoting others only serves to demonstrate that you haven't actually thought about the ideas for yourself.
joe_bower Joe Bower
remi_collins Remi Collins
Share info so parents can help their children, share what you are doing so they can help at home. Parents want to be involved#edcampvan
mikeroberts1973 Mike Roberts
Leaders must ask themselves, "Am I building people, or am I building my dream and using people to do it?"
tomwhitby Tom Whitby
W/o knowing what jobs the future holds, we need to teach kids the skills to learn. Life will be their school, if they have skills. #Edchat
Principal_EL Salome Thomas-EL
Teach children not to fear failure...but to embrace it... own it....learn from it...grow from it!
AngelaMaiers Angela Maiers
RT @TutorSolutions: A great school community must develop where administrators, teachers and studnets all make valuable contribution #edchat
TDSB_Chris Chris Spence
Leadership is not popularity, rank, privilege, title or money. Leadership is about influence, responsibility, results and integrity
A lot of wisdom. I was in education career since 1957 and have seen many new techniques, education reforms, teaching fads, new models, educational gurus, etc. The main result, usually is that for a while they seem to overshadow the underlying wisdom and the central importance of the personal relationship between the facilitator and the learner.
ReplyDeleteBrock Vodden