Could we consider placing this exemplary quote at the top of our TBLC website?  Not
exactly our motto, but, our guiding quote?  

Just a crazy thought...assuming the Dewey heirs won't charge too much for the use.

Dean



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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> Michael Sweet, Ph.D.
> Director of Instructional Development, Center for Teaching and Learning
> The University of Texas at Austin
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