What’s there to learn and know about a neighboring country to Kazakhstan? In Uzbekistan the majority of the population is in the 30 years old and under category at 64%. While the people who are 55 years and older are only 11% and the middle of this sandwich is 25% of the 30-55 year olds. Uzbekistan is a young society so education would naturally be important to everyone.
An Uzbek proverb could work against an EFL teacher’s desire to successfully teach listening classes : “It is better to see once than hear 1,000 times.” When I googled this, it came up as only “100 times” and it was also considered a Korean saying. Okay, whatever.
Can’t get away from the mighty professor John Dewey when writing about education. Dewey was prolific and when you write a lot, you are bound to have some good, pithy sayings that are quotable. Kind of like a photographer becomes known as very good simply because he or she just takes many, many photos. Here’s what Dewey had written: “Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.”
That is similar to Dr. John G. Hibben’s who wrote in his 1911 book “A Defense of Prejudice” the following quote: “Education is the ability to meet life’s situations.” Did Hibbens and Dewey know each other? More education quotes from other sources later. Food for thought.
newchallengekz said,
November 27, 2010 @ 8:29 am
I like reading your blog. You write so many useful and educating things. My part of work is so easy, I just read what you have analyzed for hours os even days or years. You bring us a ready dish just to swallow. Reading your topics I even wonder:”How do you find time and power for all of these?”
Concerning the above given quotes I want to add that we also have this proverb “It is better to see once than hear 1000 times”. I think some of suchlike quotes are common for all Central Asian countries. Waiting for your next blog and anecdotes.