Knowledge Helps Only When It Descends Into

I Would Urge That The Yeast Of Education Is The Idea Of Excellence, And The Idea Of Excellence Comprises As Many Forms As There Are Individuals, Each Of Whom Develops His Own Image Of Excellence. The School Must Have As One Of Its Principal Functions The Nurturing Of Images Of Excellence.

Grasping The Structure Of A Subject Is Understanding It In A Way That Permits Many Other Things To Be Related To It Meaningfully. To Learn Structure In Short, Is To Learn How Things Are Related.

"thinking About Thinking" Has To Be A Principle Ingredient Of Any Empowering Practice Of Education.

The Notion Of Multiple Literacies Recognized That There Are Many Ways Of Being-and Of Becoming-literate, And That How Literacy Develops And How It Is Used Depend On The Particular Social And Cultural Setting.

We Need To Conceive Of Ourselves As "agents" Impelled By Self-generated Intentions.