The young child approaching a new subject or anew problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field.

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

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

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

The notion of multiple literacies recognized that there are many ways of being-and of becoming-literate, and that how literacy develops and how it is used depend on the particular social and cultural setting.

Knowledge helps only when it descends into habits.

Surely knowledge of the natural world, knowledge of the human condition, knowledge of the nature and dynamics of society, knowledge of the past so that one may use it in experiencing the present and aspiring to the future--all of these, it would seem reasonable to suppose, are essential to an educated man. To these must be added another--knowledge of the products of our artistic heritage that mark the history of our esthetic wonder and delight.