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“I cannot teach anybody anything …”

I appreciate Ronald M. Ayers’s quote in the masthead on his blog: “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”–Socrates. This is a refreshingly historic and cosmopolitan view of teaching and learning. It’s a view I search to find among more people in education.

Robert Heiny
Robert Heinyhttp://www.robertheiny.com
Robert W. Heiny, Ph.D. is a retired professor, social scientist, and business partner with previous academic appointments as a public school classroom teacher, senior faculty, or senior research member, and administrator. Appointments included at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Peabody College and the Kennedy Center now of Vanderbilt University; and Brandeis University. Dr. Heiny also served as Director of the Montana Center on Disabilities. His peer reviewed contributions to education include publication in The Encyclopedia of Education (1971), and in professional journals and conferences. He served s an expert reviewer of proposals to USOE, and on a team that wrote plans for 12 state-wide and multistate special education and preschools programs. He currently writes user guides for educators and learners as well as columns for TuxReports.com.

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  1. I have the following quote from Eric Hoffer on my email:’In time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.’ I hate that it is usually true.

  2. I had forgotten Eric Hoffer’s quote. Thanks for the reminder. It’s worth remembering. I too find that it is usually true. I’m pleased that at least some educators remain learners, so they can model ways to adapt during drastic changes. That said, I find it fascinating guessing when in prospect something is a drastic change and when it is a variation of a normal part of life.