Education Quotes

"Education is the practice of freedom, the means by which people deal with their reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world."

"A person is not finished with education for as long as they live."

"Problem-posing education bases itself on creativity and stimulates true reflection and action upon reality."

"Critical consciousness is the result of cultural action, not of cultural invasion."

"Dialogue is the essence of education, for it is through dialogue that growth happens."

"Critical pedagogy is an act of knowing and not just the transmission of information."

"Banking education serves the interests of oppression; it inhibits creativity and domesticates consciousness."

"The pedagogy of the oppressed begins with the teacher-student and student-teacher reading the world together."

"The teacher who ignores the reality of the student is not teaching."

"Problem-solving education teaches people to analyze their circumstances and to imagine alternatives."

"Education either functions as an instrument to integrate the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity, or it becomes the practice of freedom."

"The task of the educator is to develop consciousness, not to transfer knowledge."

"In dialogical education, the teacher and student are both learners, both teachers."

"Conscientization is achieved through the problem-posing dialogue between educators and learners."

"The child is both a challenge and a gift. We must learn to see the potential in every small hand that reaches out to us."

"The task of the educator is not to talk, but to observe."

"We teachers can only help the work which is being done, as servants wait upon a master."

"Nothing can be taught to a child; everything can only be learned."

"The child is capable of development, but is incapable of self-development."

"Help me to do it myself—these words contain the whole philosophy of education."

"The prepared environment allows the child to develop independently and at his own pace."

"The children need the care of one who understands the secret workings of human nature."

"The activity of the child learning in the prepared environment is self-motivated and self-directed."

"The child deserves an environment that respects his intelligence and his developing consciousness."

"The human hand is the instrument of the human mind, and education must train both together."

"To educate the child, we must educate ourselves in the science of observation."

"The child learns through his senses before he learns through his intellect."

"The environment must speak to every sense and invite the child to explore with confidence."

"The role of the teacher is to awaken, not to inform."

"The teacher who does not love her work cannot inspire love of learning in the child."