"The word constructionism is a mnemonic for two aspects of the theory of science education underlying this project. From constructivist theories of psychology we take a view of learning as a reconstruction rather than as a transmission of knowledge. Then we extend the idea of manipulative materials to the idea that learning is most effective when part of an activity the learner experiences as constructing a meaningful product."

-- Seymour Papert

#Meaningful Quotes #Views Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Think. That's what we need you to do. Think.”
“In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.”
“Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you - they make you perfect. It's not real life ... I'm gonna say this about girls: The dieting wars have got to stop. Everyone just knock it off. Because at the end of the day, it's affecting kids your age. And it's making girls sick.”
“It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.”

Source : "Celluloid Heroes" (song) (1972)
“It has taken me half a lifetime merely to find out what is best worth doing, and a good slice out of another half to puzzle out the ways of doing it.”

Source : Gertrude Jekyll (1919). “Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden”
“It's better to die than to live on your knees.”
“That was an important development for me, just realizing that you need to follow your pleasure, at least as a painter. I think any kind of artist needs to, no matter what you're doing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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