I’ve been meaning to post these for a while. I gathered a fun set of quotable quotes while at the American Association of Physics Teachers conference a few weeks ago.
“Who remembers our wisdom?” David Pritchard (The answer? The people who use it. Physics majors retain their problem solving knowledge more than English majors, three years later).
“Use it or lose it” – David Pritchard (in reference to the fact that physics majors get better at problem solving over time, but English majors don’t)
“If we try to force our students into the mold we had when we were in school, we’ll lose them – except for the few who are good enough that they’ll succeed regardless of what we do.” – Cathy Ezrailson
“The pedagogy is not the technology” – Ed Price
“Pretty good isn’t enough” – Ed Price (regarding choice of tech tools for the classroom)
“If you want your students to tweet you well, you need to tweet them well” – me! (regarding respectful use of social media in the classroom)
“The best way to convince your students that you actually care about them, is to actually care about them” – William Hogan
Q: Can you offer your definition of hidden curriculum? A: No. That would be being explicit.
“Where do you think intuition comes from? Please answer intuitively.” – Rachel Scherr
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