The object of education is not to fill a man's mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking.
It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.
Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.
Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society.
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life.
The whole object of education is...to develop the mind. The mind should be a thing that works.
I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.
Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?
The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it.
No education deserves the name unless it develops thought, unless it pierces down to the mysterious spiritual principle of mind, and starts that into activity and growth.
Now, it is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be more than sufficient to get you through your examination, which, after all, is what school is all about.
First figure out why you want the students to learn the subject and what you want them to know, and the method will result more or less by common sense.
