The writer, unlike his non-writing adult friend, has no predisposed outlook; he seldom observes deliberately. He sees what he did ...not intend to see; he remembers what does not seem wholly possible. Inattentive learner in the schoolroom of life, he keeps some faculty free to veer and wander. His is the roving eye.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is part of the educator's responsibility to see equally to two things: First, that the problem grows out of the conditions of t...he experience being had in the present, and that it is within the range of the capacity of students; and, secondly, that it is such that it arouses in the learner an active quest for information and for production of new ideas. The new facts and new ideas thus obtained become the ground for further experiences in which new problems are presented.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is, I think, no point in the philosophy of progressive education which is sounder than its emphasis upon the importance of t...he participation of the learner in the formation of the purposes which direct his activities in the learning process, just as there is no defect in traditional education greater than its failure to secure the active cooperation of the pupil in construction of the purposes involved in his studying.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Thus the reader who hath most truly considered and digested the sentiments which he reads must be a man of the best taste and must... find most pleasure in the perusal of authors worth the reading. It is but to preserve candor enough to keep up an impartial attention and, instead of being actuated by a false shame of ignorance, to know when properly to confess myself a learner, and I have it in my power (as far as my capacity will reach) to command any knowledge that is extant in the whole universe.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is a call to life a little sterner, And braver for the earner, learner, yearner.... Less criticism of the field and court And more preoccupation with the sport.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk and leaves; but I shall perhaps be enabled... to speak with more precision and authority by and by,--if philosophy and sentiment are not buried under a multitude of details.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »