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In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

Alfred North Whitehead
Failure, Teaching, Causes
Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

I am sure that one secret of a successful teacher is that he has formulated quite clearly in his mind what the pupil has got to know in precise fashion. He will then cease from half-hearted attempts to worry his pupils with memorizing a lot of irrelevant stuff of inferior importance.

Alfred North Whitehead
Teacher, Fashion, Teaching
Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

The result of teaching small parts of a large number of subjects is the passive reception of disconnected ideas, not illumed with any spark of vitality.

Alfred North Whitehead
Teaching, Ideas, Numbers
Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

Algebra is the intellectual instrument which has been created for rendering clear the quantitative aspects of the world.

Alfred North Whitehead
Teaching, Math, Intellectual
Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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