David Perkins
David Perkins
thinking consequence
Learning is a consequence of thinking.
enemy sometimes
Sometimes the Good is the enemy of the BEST!
teaching learning vocabulary
One barrier... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving.
teacher teaching responsibility
Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems.
teacher educational teaching
Education ultimately depends on what happens in classrooms... between teachers and learners. That is fundamental.'... 'I hope that teachers will discover the optimism and direction to combat the energy - draining pressures and frustrations of most educational settings.
thinking skills upkeep
Our thinking tends to be hazy, hasty, narrow, or sprawling-causal terms for impulsive. Just like anything else, thinking skills require upkeep. If they aren't nourished, they'll fade away.
smart teaching learning
We know at lot more now than the 'last time around the 1960s and 1970s - about how to work for smart schools... ' 'The smart school finds it's foundation in a rich and evolving set of principles about human thinking and learning.'
sports teaching learning
The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The coach applauds strengths, identifies weaknesses, points up principles, offers guiding and often inspiring imagery, and decides what kind of practice to emphasize.
teaching learning heart
In order for the brain to comprehend the heart must first listen.
main pushing road toward
There was one main road ... packed for weeks, bumper-to-bumper... with U.S. convoys ... pushing toward Baghdad,
coming gas
Now, gas prices, ... they go to $10 to the gallon, we're still coming to the races.
looking unless
Parramatta are only looking at under-15s, unless there is someone exceptional,
finish kids prefer programme schooling
By then (15) they have had their own kids in their development programme for two years. They prefer our kids to finish their schooling in New Zealand.
buffer homes property protect values zone
I want to see things such as a buffer zone to protect the property values of the homes around the area.