Neale Donald Walsch Quotes

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the best efforts of others. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, this wooing was a sufficiently fine art in itself to be the central focus of education.

I don’t believe curriculums are the key to education, I believe teachers are.

It is a well known fact that a man learns best that which he endeavors to teach others.

Like all great teachers he knew that a picture is worth a thousand words and that people learn most quickly by doing something or seeing something done.

Psychology is a science, and teaching is an art; and sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves.

To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. Some of the teachers were just doing their job, but others had that little extra. They really cared about children and they wore pretty dresses.

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher.

Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

I'd like to think I'm a great teacher.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?'

I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.

Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.