"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."

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

Stephen Brookfield

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“A God who chastises our lack of faith, our vices, the little esteem in which we hold dignity and the civic virtues. We tolerate vice, we make ourselves its accomplices, at times we applaud it, and it is just, very just that we suffer the consequences, that our children suffer them. It is the God of liberty ... who obliges us to love it, by making the yoke heavy for us - a God of mercy, of equity, who while He chastises us betters us and only grants prosperity to him who has merited it through his efforts. The school of suffering tempers, the arena of combat strengthens the soul.”
“I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off.”
“Enabling people to make and receive phone calls during flight demonstrated the flexibility of a high-speed connectivity system. We allowed our guests to make calls to the ground while we flew over international waters.”
“We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.”
“Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.”
“Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.”

Source : Judith McNaught (2016). “Remember When”, p.33, Simon and Schuster
“While I'm quite happy and love doing the atmospheric and quirky stuff, the melodic stuff, I've done quite a lot of. It's also another reason why I try not to do two or three at the same time.”
“Basketball used to be my top priority.”

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