A Tumblr devoted to all things related to education; aesthetic education; testing; children; public, private, charter, independent, and all other types of schools.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Today’s faculty need to understand young people, how they learn, what they value. Only then can we convince them they should get up out of their seats and express themselves, argue their points and refine their intellects and consciences. It’s called academic rigor, and it’s more difficult that imparting information so they can pass a test.
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.
Ernest Dimnet
I really hate it when;
People talk badly about their teachers or make fun of them.
I think most people forget that teachers are real people too. They have families, they have friends, they date or are married or are happily single. They have pets, they have routines, they go on vacation and they have fun.
Teachers…
Except From Everyday Work of Art by Eric Booth
That is why, given the same task, 30 students in music, poetry, or the visual arts will create 30 different solutions, all of which can be ‘right’, while 30 students in arithmetic will- If the teacher has taught effectively- come up with identical solutions.
E. Eimers, The Role of the Arts in Cognition and Curriculum
