The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.
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.
Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.
With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching in every classroom, charting a path to college and careers for all students, and developing the tools to help all children stay motivated and engaged in their own education. The more states that adopt these college and career based standards, the closer we will be to sharing innovation across state borders and becoming more competitive as a country.
Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.
In Acts 14:1, we are told, "At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed." This is what should be sought in Christian schools, not just teaching, but effective teaching. Christian content alone is insufficient. It must be presented in a certain way, and that way cannot be reduced to technique. Nevertheless, God has graciously made it possible to bring people the truth by how the truth is presented.
I believe that teaching is a creative art in which evidence based knowledge is applied toward meeting the learning goals of learners. I believe that effective teaching is often the spark that ignites the imagination, possibility, and promise for learners, including the teacher.
There is no long-range effective teaching of the Bible that is not accompanied by long hours of ongoing study of the Bible.
Effective teaching involves explaining to our children what they're already observing in our lives by example.
Bureaucratic solutions to problems of practice will always fail because effective teaching is not routine, students are not passive, and questions of practice are not simple, predictable, or standardized. Consequently, instructional decisions cannot be formulated on high then packaged and handed down to teachers.
The key to effective teaching is to remember how you learned.
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