#education

The (nation) state's concern had been the development of citizens - social subjects whose identity was shaped by the goals of the state - and the preparation of a labour force serving the needs of a national economy and administration. That state was interested in cohesion, integration and homogeneity - however imperfectly realized. The globally framed interests of current versions of the market are neither about citizenship - shared social values, aspirations, dispositions - nor about the preparation of a labour force..... ↗

— Gunther Kress

#education #media-studies #communication

To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love. ↗

— Milton Sapirstein

#accept #child #conflict #differing #education

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know. ↗

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

#information #media #age

To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. ↗

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

#teacher #teaching #art

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character. ↗

— David O. McKay

#education #ethics #mentoring #art

Art is a process, not a product. ↗

— MaryAnn F. Kohl

#creavity #early-childhood #education #art

When we teach a child patience we offer them the gift of a dignified life. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#education #mindfulness #art

The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain. ↗

— John Adams

#liberty #architecture

Observe & accept what ever arises & know that everything is as it needs to be. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #education #self-help #art

She missed -- without knowing what she missed-- paints and crayons ↗

— Toni Morrison

#culture #poverty #art