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The aim of science is, on the one
hand, a comprehension, as complete as possible, of the connection between
the sense experiences in their totality, and, on the other hand, the
accomplishment of this aim by the use of a minimum of primary concepts and
relations. Albert Einstein (1936) Physics
and Reality Perceptions are guided by
preconceptions. … [People’s] expectations not only channel what they look for
but partly affect what features they extract from observations and how they
interpret what they see and hear. Albert Bandura (1986) Social Foundations of
Thought and Action View of Earth from Moon in 1969 © 2008 NASA |
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Knowledge of
science is to know science, Knowledge of
science is self-knowledge; Yunus Emre (1307) Risale
[Treatise] I am convinced that the best learning
takes place when the learner takes charge. The Children's Machine Mathematical Surfaces © 2007 Palais & Benard |
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It is science. It is a work of human
conjecture, the task of formulating alternative paradigms and hypotheses with
luck being able to test some of them, none of them ever completely. Jerome S. Bruner (2005) Virginia
and Leonard Marx Lecture Teachers College A theory is then a special gift, a
gift for the mind in a society (of science, not the world) where thought and
understanding are preeminent. A gift from one human being to another, to us
all. Roald Hoffmann (2003) Why buy that theory? American Scientist Sharp Eye © 2006 Lolita Asil |
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One difficulty in the psychological sciences
lies in the familiarity of the phenomena with which they deal. A certain
intellectual effort is required to see how such phenomena can pose serious
problems or call for intricate explanatory theories. One is inclined to take
them for granted as necessary or somehow “natural.” Noam Chomsky (1968) Language and Mind No matter what philosophy of life we
espouse, it is important to see childhood as a stage of life, not just as the
anteroom to life. David Elkind (2001) The Hurried Child Mind and Brain © 2005 UCD Center for Mind and
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Most people think of science as a subject,
such as physics or chemistry. Science is not a subject but a method. Frank J. Sulloway (1996) Born to Rebel Children are very active, constructive
thinkers and learners. They are clearly not blank slates that passively and
unselectively copy whatever the environment presents to them. John H. Flavell (1992) Cognitive development: Past, present, and future. Developmental Psychology Human and Cosmos © 2004 ZeD Open Source TV |
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There is nothing so practical as a good theory. Kurt Lewin (1951) Field Theory in Social Science Psychology is a science, and teaching is an art; and sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves. An intermediary inventive mind must take the application, by using its originality. William James (1900) Talks to Teachers on Psychology
Brain Cell and
Synaptic Gap
Peptides, proteins and electric charges outside a brain cell membrane during
synapsis © 2003 Michael Freeman/CORBIS
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