Here are some inspirational and motivational quotes from educators that have made a major impact in the child development field.
“Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness.”
"One of the major advantages of project work is that it makes school more like real life. In real life, we don't spend several hours at a time listening to authorities who know more than we do and who tell us exactly what to do and how to do it. We need to be able to ask questions of a person we're learning from. We need to be able to link what the person is telling us with what we already know. And we need to be able to bring what we already know and experience we've had that are relevant to the topic to the front of our minds and say something about them."
-Sylvia Chard, Excerpt from writing: Why is Project Approach Important
Everyday I go into work and I look forward to it because I know that the services i"m providing to the children are to their benefit"
-Raymond Hernandez, Executive Director School of Early Childhood Education
I really appreciated your last quote. Sometimes we can get sidetracked by the procedures and policies, and lose track of the real reason why we became educators in the first place. Mainly because of the love we have for the children, and to see them succeed. So if we can keep this thought at the forefront of our thoughts, it would propel us to keep on serving the children.
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It is hard to make an argument that there are many desirable post-secondary educational or career scenarios for current high school students that will not require the use of computer technology on a daily basis. The kids have known this for quite some time now. High school students know that they will almost certainly be using computers in any desirable job that they manage to get after high school. They know that a computer is a requirement for success in today's higher eduction environments. They know that, in the "real world," college students don't write papers in longhand on loose-leaf notebook paper; they know that, in the "real world," people don't create business presentations with markers and paste on poster board or tri-fold displays; they know that, "in the real world," people who engage in any type of research may still occasionally use books, but they conduct the majority of their research using online tools. They know that, "in the real world," bankers do not keep their accounts in paper ledger books, or do their financial forecasting only with the aid of a calculator. Yet high school students are regularly asked to write in longhand on notebook paper, make presentations using kindergarten tools, research mostly using books, and do their calculations on paper. Why should anyone be surprised that they don't find their high school experiences "relevant?" I felt like this when I was in high school. I can only figure how these students are now, its crazy how the world and education has changed within a few years.
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