Prophetic Statements Joseph F. Smith #1: I have often thought of the undesirableness of the young men of our community seeking for light employments, and lucrative positions, without regard to manual and mechanical skill, and knowledge and ability in agriculture. None can deny that there is too great a tendency among the young men, especially […]
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Prophetic Statements Brigham Young If on the Sabbath day, when we are assembled here to worship the Lord, one of the Elders should be prompted to give us a lecture on any branch of education with which he is acquainted, is it outside the pale of our religion? I think not. If any of the […]
Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith When I speak of government, I mean what I say. I mean a government that shall rule over temporal and spiritual affairs. [1] Brigham Young There never was a prophet on the earth that dictated to the people, but he dictated their temporal affairs as well as spiritual. [2] The Lord […]
Prophetic Statements David O. McKay Education for citizenship requires more emphasis upon the advantages and blessings of the American Way of Life. Next to life itself freedom is man’s most cherished possession . . . Communism is antagonistic to the American Way of Life. Its avowed purpose is to destroy belief in God and free […]
Prophetic Statements Joseph F. Smith There are three dangers that threaten the church from within, and the authorities need to awaken to the fact that the people should be warned unceasingly against them. As I see them, they are flattery of prominent men in the world, false educational ideas, and sexual impurity. [1] David O. […]
Prophetic Statements Ezra Taft Benson One of the tragedies of the Korean War was the fact that the enemy was able to brainwash some of our men. Those methods, highly refined and deviously developed, have been introduced on a broad scale into our own country by some behavioral scientists through a program commonly called sensitivity […]
Prophetic Statements Spencer W. Kimball To slow down this ever increasing rate of juvenile delinquency, there is a growing cry: “We must have more detention homes and reformatories. We need more public money appropriated for better facilities, more highly trained specialists, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists. We need larger jails, more police.” Certainly, it must […]
Prophetic Statements Joseph Fielding Smith It was necessary for the Elders who had been out preaching to return to Kirtland to receive instruction and endowment so that they would be prepared to go forth to preach the Gospel to the world, “for the last time.” It was for the purpose of gaining knowledge of the […]
Prophetic Statements Brigham Young Good teachers who are Latter-day Saints in principle and at heart [should] be employed to educate our children. [1] I have spoken with much plainness concerning several traditions and practices, in order that the Saints abroad may correctly understand that we are not all, as yet, fully sanctified by the truth, […]
Prophetic Statements Ezra Taft Benson It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men’s theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does […]
Commentary Prophetic Statements Opposing Statements John Goodlad …educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement. So it is with morals and patriotism. [1] It is my expectation that Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice will become a rich resource for continuing this multi-layered conversation-from democratic […]
Prophetic Statements Brigham Young I am opposed to free education as much as I am opposed to taking property from one man and giving it to another….Would I encourage free schools by taxation? No! We had to pay our own schoolteachers, raise our own bread and earn our own clothing, or go without; there was […]
Scriptures Bible Dictionary: Education The divine law impressed upon parents the duty of teaching their children its precepts and principles, but little is known about the methods of teaching that were employed. Up to six years of age a child was taught at home, chiefly by the mother [1]. The schools that all boys from […]
Prophetic Statements Millenial Star The disciples should lose no time in preparing schools for their children, that they may be taught as is pleasing to the Lord, and brought up in the way of holiness. Those appointed to select and prepare books for the use of schools will attend to that subject.[1] Brigham Young The […]
Associated Locations: Burlington, Vermont – Birthplace of John Dewey Associated Dates: October 20, 1859 – birth of John Dewey Commentary John Dewey was part of the creation and signer of the Humanist Manifesto. Here are a few quotes from the Manifesto. Read the Manifesto in its entirety at THIS LINK:
Prophetic Statements First Presidency Message We believe that serious hazards are involved in entrusting to the schools the teaching of this vital and important subject to our children. This responsibility cannot wisely be left to society, nor the schools; nor can the responsibility be shifted to the Church. It is the responsibility of parents to […]
Opposing Statements John Dewey I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that form of community life in which all those agencies are concentrated that will be most effective in bringing the child to share in the inherited resources of the race, and to […]
