We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed ourselves to this problem before.

Passion, like discriminating taste, grows on its use. You more likely act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.

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

Knowledge helps only when it descends into habits.

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

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.

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.