“The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.”
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We cannot create observers by saying 'observe, ' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.
We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.
The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!
We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.
