Thursday, January 31, 2013

Words of Inspiration and Motivation


Quotes by Lillian Katz
"Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children. We must recognize that the welfare of our children is intimately linked to the welfare of all other people's children. After all, when one of our children needs life-saving surgery, someone else's child will perform it. If one of our children is harmed by violence, someone else's child will be responsible for the violent act. The good life for our own children can be secured only if a good life is also secured for all other people's children."
 
"Of course children benefit from positive feedback. But praise and rewards are not the only methods of reinforcement. More emphasis ...should be place on appreciation--reinforcement related explicitly and directly to the content of the child's interest and efforts".
Words of Concern from Aisha Ray PhD
Dr. Aisha Ray has researched some of the unique challenges to Black boys that are exceedingly impactful regardless of the child’s income. She considers the challenges of race, class and gender in the context of brain development of young children and environmental factors that when missed can result in a child having significant problems in school and life…My question is… (What can we do as educators to make a difference for all “BOYS”?)
 
Louise Derman-Sparks
Her passion is to help fix the injustices in the world for children. Every child has a right to a safe, creative learning environment. To help teachers understand they need to have an anti-bias approach when teaching children.
 
Other Inspirational Quotes
Maria Montessori
The greatest sign of success for a teacher…is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist”.
 
“Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment.”
“All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them”.

“I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others”.

 








1 comment:

  1. Sheila what a delight is to watch the words of Dr. Montessori come to life in the classroom. That quote is what we strive for. Great quote.

    Magda D.

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