“Laurence Houseman once said, ‘A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.’ Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.”
John Trimble
Tag: Education
Quote of the Week
“Education is all a matter of building bridges.”
Ralph Ellison
Quote of the Week
“I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.”
Carl Sagan
Give a child a typewriter and they will create worlds
I had a wonderful conversation with my grandparents a few months ago, about the types of things I liked to play with as a child. We chatted about paint, paper, notebooks and huge canvases (plentiful in a house full of artists and teachers) before moving on to things children find in the garden and the beliefs children have (fairies, mythical creatures, etc…); as a professional the conversation gave me the opportunity to consider whether the resources within my setting instigated the sort of quality play I wanted children to experience. One of the items I remember very vividly from my childhood was an old typewriter.Read More »
Quote of the Week
“The direction in which education starts a man, will determine his future in life.”
Plato
BOOK COMPETITION: Celebrating World Book Night 2013
To celebrate World Book Night UK 2013 (@worldbooknight) on the 23rd of April, I am running a competition for my Twitter and WordPress followers (based in the UK) to win some books!Read More »
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