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Famous Quotes By David Perkins

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We are working so hard in this country on the details of school improvement that we don't always stop to consider the big picture - if we are actually working on the right things. — David Perkins

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The questions produced before studying the topic turned out to be much deeper and more exciting. It seemed that the formal study of the topic had quenched students' sense of its mystery. — David Perkins

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In teaching for truly lifeworthy learning, might we hope to teach for wisdom? — David Perkins

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Our thinking tends to be hazy, hasty, narrow, or sprawling-causal terms for impulsive. Just like anything else, thinking skills require upkeep. If they aren't nourished, they'll fade away. — David Perkins

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Historically, precollege education has focused on educating for the known, the tried and true, the established canon. This made very good sense in the many periods and places where most children's lives were likely to be more or less like their parents' lives. However, wagering that tomorrow will be pretty much like yesterday does not seem to be a very good bet today. Perhaps we need a different vision of education, a vision that foregrounds educating for the unknown as much as for the known. Perhaps we need a vision of education that's more "future wise," reflecting our best guesses about what's most likely to happen and foregrounding flexible knowledge likely to inform whatever does happen. — David Perkins

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Sometimes the Good is the enemy of the BEST! — David Perkins

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Education ultimately depends on what happens in classrooms ... between teachers and learners. That is fundamental.' ... 'I hope that teachers will discover the optimism and direction to combat the energy - draining pressures and frustrations of most educational settings. — David Perkins

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Try This What did you learn during your first twelve years of education that matters in your life today? — David Perkins

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The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously ... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The coach applauds strengths, identifies weaknesses, points up principles, offers guiding and often inspiring imagery, and decides what kind of practice to emphasize. — David Perkins

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Learning is a consequence of thinking. — David Perkins

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In order for the brain to comprehend the heart must first listen. — David Perkins

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Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems. — David Perkins

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One barrier ... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving. — David Perkins

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We know at lot more now than the 'last time around the 1960s and 1970s - about how to work for smart schools ... ' 'The smart school finds it's foundation in a rich and evolving set of principles about human thinking and learning.' — David Perkins