Chinese Proverb: apply to teachers?

They lower their heads to pull the cart instead of raising their heads to look at the road. 

The Satisfactions of Teaching (Elliot Eisner)

"Among the many satisfactions in teaching there are six I would like to describe. The first pertains to the opportunity to introduce students to ideas that they can chew on for the rest of their lives. Great teaching traffics in enduring puzzlements and persistent dilemmas. Certainties are closed streets, not locations that interest the mind. Great ideas have legs. They take you somewhere."

Read the rest (2 pages): http://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/the-satisfactions-of-teaching-elliot-eisner/

Caring about, not just caring for

Teachers must learn to "...listen carefully to the voices of their pupils, to avoid humiliating them, to acknowledge good attitudes and good work with praise and to demonstrate always, their deep love for their work as teachers."

Day, C. 2009. A passion for quality: Teachers who make a difference.

Thank you Ken

Great stuff.
Educating individuals who know how to think, not zombies. The world needs this. Whole people.