Growth and providing conditions to learn

Growth and providing conditions to learn

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.  ~Mortimer Adler

I think that one of the biggest challenges in life is that, even though we want something really badly, we just can’t make other people feel the same. This turns teaching very difficult.  For that reason, teachers have to look for different ways to motivate students. Motivation, another tricky word. It is impossible to motivate somebody because motivation comes from within. So what can we do? Well, we can provide moments, activities, games and use other resources to instigate curiosity, to make this motivation flourish.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. – Albert Einstein

Being a teacher goes beyond teaching itself, it is the magic of making students realize the answer without you telling them. It is being able to provide activities in which students don’t even realize that they are learning.

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