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“They give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking, or the intentional noting of connections; learning naturally results.” John Dewey, “Democracy and Education” - 1916

“Only in education, never in the life of farmer, sailor, merchant, physician, or laboratory experimenter, does knowledge mean primarily a store of information aloof from doing.” John Dewey, “Democracy and Education” - 1916

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them” Aristotle, “Nicomachean Ethics” - c. 334 BC - 330 BC

“All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.” Henry David Thoreau, “Walden” - 1854

“I'm alive. . . . Thinking about it, noticing it, is new. You do things and don't watch. Then all of a sudden you look and see what you're doing and it's the first time, really.” Ray Bradbury, “Dandelion Wine” - 1957

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John Dewey (2)
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