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David Perkins Quotes

In order for the brain to comprehend the heart must first listen.

In order for the brain to comprehend the heart must first listen.

David Perkins
Teaching, Learning, Heart
David Perkins (2008). “Smart Schools: From Training Memories to Educating Minds”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

Learning is a consequence of thinking.

David Perkins
Thinking, Consequence
David Perkins (2008). “Smart Schools: From Training Memories to Educating Minds”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

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.

David Perkins
Sports, Teaching, Learning

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.

David Perkins
Teacher, Educational, Teaching

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.

David Perkins
Thinking, Skills, Upkeep

One barrier... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving.

David Perkins
Teaching, Learning, Vocabulary
David Perkins (2008). “Smart Schools: From Training Memories to Educating Minds”, p.143, Simon and Schuster

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.'

David Perkins
Smart, Teaching, School
David Perkins (2008). “Smart Schools: From Training Memories to Educating Minds”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems.

David Perkins
Teacher, Teaching, Responsibility
David Perkins (2008). “Smart Schools: From Training Memories to Educating Minds”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

Sometimes the Good is the enemy of the BEST!

David Perkins
Enemy, Sometimes

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