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Re: Lovely quote about tRATs
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Paul Koles <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:55:30 -0400
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Michael and colleagues:  I like the "shocks us out of sheep-like passivity" part;  Larry, did you study John Dewey?    Paul

On Jul 9, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Sweet, Michael S wrote:

> . . . O.K., I don’t think he knew that he was talking about tRATs, but he was:
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> “Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving…conflict is a sine qua non of reflection and ingenuity.”  - John Dewey
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> -M
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> Michael Sweet, Ph.D.
> Director of Instructional Development, Center for Teaching and Learning
> The University of Texas at Austin
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