"No reception without reaction, no impression without..." - Quote by William James
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to forget.
More by William James
“The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.”
“Ingenuity in meeting and pursuing the pupil, that tact for the concrete situation, though they are the alpha and omega of the teacher's art, are things to which psychology cannot help us in the least.”
“I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather do I fear to lose truth by this pretension to possess it already wholly.”
More on Learning
“Every man has to learn the points of the compass again as often as he awakes, whether from sleep or any abstraction.”
“The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.”
“I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things. Lecturing to children is no answer to delinquency. Preaching won't keep youngsters out of trouble, but keeping their minds occupied will.”
More on Education
“The essential dilemma of education is to be found in the fact that the sort of man (or woman) who knows a given subject sufficiently well to teach it is usually unwilling to do so.”
“I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.”
“Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching.”