Margaret Mead Quotes about Education

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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

Margaret Mead

Education, Teacher, Children

Margaret Mead (1973). “Coming of Age in Samoa”

Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what others have developed and taught him.

Margaret Mead

Education, Learning, Men

"Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap". Book by Margaret Mead, 1970.

The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods. Such methods are designed to help average teachers approximate the performance of good teachers.

Margaret Mead

Education, Teacher, Teaching

Margaret Mead, Rhoda Bubendey Métraux (1979). “Margaret Mead, some personal views”, Angus & Robertson

I approached the idea of college with the expectation of taking part in an intellectual feast. ... In college, in some way that I devoutly believed in but could not explain, I expected to become a person.

Margaret Mead

Education, College, Ideas