Alfie Kohn Quotes About Teachers

Quotes about: Teachers

• Don't let anyone tell you that standardized tests are not accurate measures. The truth of the matter is they offer a remarkably precise method for gauging the size of the houses near the school where the test was administered.

  Alfie Kohn

  Education, Teacher, School

• Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of authority, I’m convinced all over again that moving away from consequences and rewards isn’t just realistic - it’s the best way to help kids grow into good learners and good people.

  Alfie Kohn

  Teacher, Moving, Kids

• In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks on their tongues.

  Alfie Kohn

  Teacher, Talking, Listening

• Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.

  Alfie Kohn

  Teacher, Classroom, Educator

  Alfie Kohn (2006). “Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

• The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.

  Alfie Kohn

  Teacher, Teaching, Learning

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