Telling others about oneself is...no simple matter. It depends on what we think they think we ought to be like

Agency presupposes choice.

We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.

We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us.

The main characteristic of play - whether of child or adult - is not it content but its mode. Play is an approach to action, not a form of activity.

Rather, the master question from which the mission of education research is derived: What should be taught to whom, and with what pedagogical object in mind? That master question is threefold: what, to whom, and how? Education research, under such a dispensation, becomes an adjunct of educational planning and design. It becomes design research in the sense that it explores possible ways in which educational objectives can be formulated and carried out in the light of cultural objectives and values in the broad.

The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.