Words of Inspiration and Motivation
Lilian Katz, Ph.D. (Goal of the Project Approach in Early Childhood Curriculum)
"It also enables children to try out their ideas in a safe context where making mistakes can be seen constructively as opportunities for learning by both children and teacher. It builds self-confidence and encourages creativity and other dispositions that should serve the children all their lives."
Ann Turnbull, Ph.D. and husband Rud Turnbull (Their personal vision for 2010)
"We firmly believe that visions can become realities-Individuals with problem behaviors and their families can have rich lifestyles. We believe this reality will be greatly enhanced as families, service providers, and researchers working in the PBS (positive behavior support) area join forces with leaders who are making impressive progress related to enhancing individual quality of life, family quality of life, self-determination of individual capacity, and self-determination of environmental capacity. If the best thinking, talents, resources, and contribution of these five areas can be synergistically merged, then, in the adapted lyric of one of our favorite hymns, "morning [will have] broken" to usher in rich lifestyles."
References
Katz, L. G. & Chard S.N. (1992, February). The Project
Approach. Retrieved from
Turnbull A. & Turnbull R. (2000, July). Achieving "rich" lifestyles. Journal of Positive Behavior
Interventions, 2(3), 190-192. Retrieved from http://online.sagepub.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org.
Beth, I like the quote by Ann Turnbull. I also believe that 'visions can become realities' if, we all work together to make them realities. Working together, we can, as a community of professionals, parents, leaders, children, etc., accomplish great things and achieve 'rich lifestyles'. As Henry Ford has said, "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, we must teach children that making mistakes is ok. That is how we learn. That is how we improve. Mistakes are always learning opportunities and should be celebrated because when we make mistakes it means at least we were trying something in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI really liked both quotes that you posted. The first one, by Lilian Katz echoed part of my teaching philosphy. Since I am a teacher, I take every oppporutnity to teach children a lesson, whether academic or in regards to life. Therefore, Katz's quote about being open to mistakes helps me to see that every opportunity, even a mistake, is able to be turned around into a learnable lesson. What a fantastic quote!
ReplyDeleteI also took your other quote, by Ann Turnball, very close to heart. I work in an urban school district. So often it is easy to pass judgement on the students' lifestyle and home life. It is easier to see a rough home life as a negative component, rather than a positive one. Reading through this quote, I was inspired to see their lifestyles as "rich." Through the multiple resources that are available to these type of individuals, their lifestyles will become even richer.
What a great selection of quotes!