Where Education Begins
By Andrew Koehler
Where does Education Begin?
Some may tell you education starts when a child enters the first grade (or Pre-K), but in reality from the moment a child is born they start to decipher the world around them. It is often said a child’s mind is like a sponge and this is indeed the case. In the early stages of a child’s new information becomes the basis of their understanding. Upon considering this it becomes apparent that education starts at home rather than the classroom years later. That being said, so much learning is found through schooling and is not only limited to the classroom, the collaborative mindset that we share to be successful as a species is also learned through the social dynamics of recess and learning to thrive in a communal setting.
In short, education is a lifelong endeavour and school is only one means of pursuing it.
John Dewey
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
Plato
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of an empty vessel.”
Socrates
Richard Feynman
“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.”
Mark Twain
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
Confucius
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
Oscar Wilde
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Brigham Young
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
Nelson Mandela
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein
Bill Gates
Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.
Benjamin Franklin
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
Andrews Education Site Ecur 165 Winter 2019 