John Dewey
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"Experience is the best teacher."
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"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
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"The child's own instincts and powers furnish the material and give the starting point for all education."
John Dewey
"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
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"We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience."
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"The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people."
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"No one can think, feel, or imagine for someone else."
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"Education is the most powerful tool for changing the world."
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"If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow."
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"The school is fundamentally a means through which the integration of individuals takes place and through which they are inducted into the traditions and aspirations of the community."
John Dewey