Carl Bereiter famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform.
-- Carl Bereiter

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We do not truly own our thoughts or experiences until we have negotiated them with ourselvesand for this writing is the prime medium.
-- Carl Bereiter

#Education #Reading #Writing
When common sense sees a puzzling phenomenon it looks for a causal agent. When it sees organization it looks for an organizer. This works amazingly well for purposes ranging from the diagnosis of diseases to the creation of governments. But it cannot account for emergence ... the appearance of complex phenomena not predictable from the basic elements and processes alone.
-- Carl Bereiter

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A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing - but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.
In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity -- or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity -- by being opinionated rather than by being learned.
The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information.
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition
This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.
The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.

Carl Bereiter famous quotes

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