Quote by Mark Van Doren

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

Summary

This quote suggests that the act of teaching goes beyond dictating information, and instead focuses on guiding and encouraging learners to uncover knowledge themselves. It implies that effective teaching involves inspiring curiosity, critical thinking, and independent problem-solving, rather than simply imparting facts. Teachers should act as facilitators, providing students with the necessary tools, support, and guidance to navigate their own paths of discovery and develop a deeper understanding of the subject matter.

Topics

Teaching

By Mark Van Doren

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than

It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it. (referring to clothing)

Albert Einstein

I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't s

I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future.

Future

As I get older I realise that start has made me rather, well

As I get older I realise that start has made me rather, well, different. It set down a tremendous template for the rest of my life. I grew up believing the piano is a great instrument because you can play everything on it.

Joanna MacGregor

Life Rest

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, a

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

Graduation

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and pai

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

Art

There is one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him! If

There is one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him! If he says yes you know he's crooked.

Honesty

When you buy a gallon of gas, over 60 percent of the energy

When you buy a gallon of gas, over 60 percent of the energy you pay for goes out the radiator in the form of waste heat? That's why you have a radiator in your car in the first place.

Wilson Greatbatch

Car

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too m

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.

Politics

There is some relationship between the hunger for truth and

There is some relationship between the hunger for truth and the search for the right words. This struggle may be ultimately indefinable and even undecidable, but one damn well knows it when one sees it.

Christopher Hitchens

Truth Language Literature Literary Criticism Doris Lessing

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which

There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutriti

You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutritional value.

Food

This war burns our houses. It sows dead executed in open squ

This war burns our houses. It sows dead executed in open squares and roads. It chases us like hares from refuge to refuge. It will end up by forcing us to fight, to wring out an active approval. And the day will come when nobody will be outside the war, neither cowards, nor the sad, nor the lonely...But I saw the unknown dead, dead members of the Italian Social Republic. If a stranger, an enemy becomes such a thing when he dies, if we stop dead fearing to step over him, it means that even the defeated enemy is someone who after spilling blood must be pacified. This blood must be given a voice and those who spilled it must be justified. It is humiliating to look at certain dead. They are not others

Cesare Pavese, House on the Hill

War