Philosophy Of Education

The one exclusive sign of knowledge is the power of teaching.

Aristotle

Among the many purposes of schooling, four stand out to us as having special moral

value; to love and care, to

serve, to empower and, of

course, to learn.

Andy Hargreaves & Michael Fullen

Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the

world enough to assume responsibility

for  it.   

Hannah ArendtTeaching is Leading

Education is not a

preparation for life; 

education is life itself.

John Dewey  (1859-1952)

Education is the jewel casting

brilliance into the future.

Mari Evans

Not to know is bad; not to wish to know

is worse. 

African Proverb

Education is light, lack of it

- darkness 

Russian Proverb

Wealth, if you use it,comes to an end; learning, if you use

it, increases. 

Swahili saying

Knowing is the measure of the

man. By how much we

know, so we are. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What greater or better gift can we offer the

republic than to teach and instruct our

youth? 

Marcus T. Cicero  (106-43 B.C.)

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge generally diffused

through a community, are essential to the

preservation of a free  government. 

Sam Houston

I was still learning when I taught my

last class. 

Claude M. Fuess

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within

himself. 

Galileo

Teachers should guide without dictating, and participate

without dominating.

The most important function of education at

any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his

life to himself and to others.

This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and

decoration of the structure.  

Grayson Kirk

Reading well makes children more

interesting both to  themselves and

others, a process in which they will

develop a sense of being separate and

distinct selves. 

Harold Bloom

My advice to kids who want to become

authors and to kids who just want to write well just for fun is to

read.   I think that we really learn how to write by

reading.

Joanna Cole  Author of The Magic School Bus Series

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and let him know that you trust

him.

Booker T. Washington

Let children bequeath to their

children not riches, but the spirit of

reverence.  

Plato

Genius is one percent

inspiration, ninety-nine

percent perspiration.

Thomas Edison

When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into

it. Stamp it with your own personality...

Nothing great was ever achieved without

enthusiasm. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Education is not filling a bucket,

but lighting a fire.

William Yeats

Imagination is more important than knowledge. 

Albert Einstein

Life isn’t about finding yourself,

it is about creating yourself. 

George Bernard Shaw