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We only think when we are confronted with problems.


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We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.

We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.



Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.



You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.

You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.



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.

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.



Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.



If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.



How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?

How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?



To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.



I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.

I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.



The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.

The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.





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