Learners Quotes - Page 8

• Sometimes the last thing learners need is for their preferred learning style to be affirmed. Agreeing to let people learn only in a way that feels comfortable and familiar can restrict seriously their chance for development.

  Stephen Brookfield

  Learning, People, Style

  Stephen Brookfield (1995). “Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher”, Jossey-Bass

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• [The Barefoot College is] the only college where the teacher is the learner and the learner is the teacher.

  Bunker Roy

  Teacher, Motivation, Inspiration

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• The best learners... often make the worst teachers. They are, in a very real sense, perceptually challenged. They cannot imagine what it must be like to struggle to learn something that comes so naturally to them.

  Stephen Brookfield

  Education, Teacher, Real

  Stephen Brookfield (1995). “Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher”, Jossey-Bass

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• Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

  Jerome Bruner

  Facts

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• 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

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• All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. I learn as much as I can, from as many as I can, as often as I can.

  Rick Warren

  Leader, Moments, I Can

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• What kinds of things and people might learners want to be in contact with in order to learn?

  Ivan Illich

  Order, People, Want

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• The teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.

  Wendell Berry

  Teacher, Wanted

  Wendell Berry (2010). “What Are People For?: Essays”, p.13, Counterpoint Press

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• From infancy onward, children are the most fantastic learners in the world.

  Daniel Quinn

  Children, World, Fantastic

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