Eric Jensen quotes
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“I loved learning, it was school I hated. I used to cut school to go learn something.”
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“The systems they (the Arts) nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attentional, cognitive, emotional, and motor capacities, are, in fact, the driving forces behind all other learning.”
-- Eric JensenSource : Eric Jensen (2001). “Arts with the Brain in Mind”, p.2, ASCD
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“The most significant learning occurs when emotions are integrated with instruction because all body systems are united. The Arts are strongly linked to emotions, enhancing the likelihood that students will remember something.”
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“There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.”
-- Eric JensenSource : Eric Jensen (1998). “Teaching with the Brain in Mind”, Assn for Supervision & Curriculum
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“.....the research on the brain does not validate that we are singularly processing input or learning with a single sensory input.”
-- Eric JensenSource : Eric Jensen (1995). “Brain-based Learning & Teaching”, Brain Store Incorporated
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“We are social beings and our brains grow in a social environment.”
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“We have discovered that exercise is strongly correlated with increased brain mass, better cognition, mood regulation, and new cell growth.”
-- Eric JensenSource : Eric Jensen (2005). “Teaching with the Brain in Mind”, p.3, ASCD
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“For many students, school is an obligation, not a joy and a privilege. This means you need to ‘sell’ the learning to them.”
-- Eric JensenSource : Eric Jensen (2013). “Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement”, p.26, ASCD
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“From birth to the teenage years, the brain undergoes a fourfold increase in volume”
-- Eric JensenSource : Eric Jensen (2005). “Teaching with the Brain in Mind”, p.11, ASCD
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“Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.”
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“In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.”
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“Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (2010). “On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change”, p.1, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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“You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.”