Educational Philosophy
Second grade architects - Feb. 2011
The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done—men who are creative,inventive, and discoverers. ~Jean Piaget
The capacity to think intelligently is very different from knowing lots of information. ... And here at last is where our multiple intelligences can make their contribution. ... If we learn about a concept or topic in many different ways, using our multiple intelligences, that concept or topic is much more likely to remain with us, embedded in our neural networks, and to be usable in flexible and innovative ways....
~ Howard Gardner |
Learning awakens a variety of internal developmental processes that are able to operate only when the child is interacting with people in his environment and in cooperation with his peers.
~ Lev Vygotsky
~ Lev Vygotsky