Alfred North Whitehead Quotes:
Ocupation: Mathematician
Life: February 15, 1861 - December 30, 1947
Birthday: February 15
Death: December 30
I am sure that one secret of a successful teacher is that he has formulated quite clearly in his mind what the pupil has got to know in precise fashion. He will then cease from half-hearted attempts to worry his pupils with memorizing a lot of irrelevant stuff of inferior importance.
source: Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
topic: Teacher, Fashion, Teaching, Memorizing, Half Hearted
