Inspiring Quotes in Education

Inspiring Quotes in Education

Itard and Montessori:

"If we consider human intelligence at the period of earliest childhood man does not yet appear to rise above the level of the other animals. All his intellectual faculties are strictly confined to the narrow circle of his physical needs. It is upon himself alone that the operations of his mind are exercised. Education must then seize them and apply them to his instruction, that is to say to a new order of things which has no connection with his first needs. Such is the source of all knowledge, all mental progress, and the creations of the most sublime genius. Whatever degree of probability there may be in this idea, I only repeat it here as the point of departure on the path towards realization of this last aim" 

 - Jean Marc Gaspard Itard 

After studing Victor (The Wild Boy) Itard said, "The progress of teaching may, and  ought to be  aided, by  the  light of  modern medicine, which of  all the  naturla sciences can co-operate the  most  effectually towars the amelioration of  the  human species, by  appreciating the  organical and  intellectual peculiarities of  each individual;and  by that means determining what education is  likely  to do for  him and  what  society  my  expect  from his  future character.

- Jean Marc Gaspard Itard

“We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration. It is like the sun which appears at dawn or a flower just beginning to bloom. Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.”

-Maria Montessori 

“Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.”

-Maria Montessori 

“Education is a natural process carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words, but by experiences in the environment.”

-Marie Montessori

Quotes from Multimedia Presentation - Week 2:

"My passion comes from my intrinsic motivation that I have for the work that I do."
-Raymond Hernandez MS ED
Executive Director of School of Early Childhood Education
University of South California

"It's not about you.  You have to take your ego out of it and think about what is best for this child"
-Renatta M. Cooper
Program Specialist - Office of Child Care
LA County Chief Administration Office