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“Educational enterprises do not for any length of time remain immune from the struggle of interests for power which is the dominant feature of social life under a class system.”
Source : "Some Notes on Workers' Education" by A. J. Muste, first published in "New International", Volume 2, No. 7 (pp. 225-227), www.marxists.org. December 1935.
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“Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.”
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“If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
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“It's really seeing student involvement … as a variety of opportunities that are appropriate for each given student and responsive to their individual needs and their desires for their educational experience.”
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“The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.”
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“Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.”
Source : "The Real Problem With Waiting for 'Superman'" by Aaron Swartz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2010.
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“The student is to collect and evaluate facts. The facts are locked up in the patient.”
Source : Abraham Flexner (1910). “Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching”
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“There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.”
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“To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.”
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“Now, the education of our children is of national concern, and if they are not educated properly, it is a national calamity.”