Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teache…

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Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.
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We are educating people out of their creative capacities. ✨ Do schools kill creativity?. TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2006.
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Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.

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