It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.
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Scientists and philosophers tend to treat knowledge, imagination and love as if they were all very separate parts of human nature. But when it comes to children, all three are deeply entwined. Children learn the truth by imagining all the ways the world could be, and testing those possibilities.
One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults.
Learning certain things purely through memory is related to the developmental forces that are present between the sixth or seventh year and the fourteenth year of life. This quality of human nature is what mathematical instruction should be based on.
We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.
We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.
While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a child's imagination.
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
We want kids to think that they can think about science. They don't need to just play soccer.
We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.
For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.
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