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: > > “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 > > -M > > > > Michael Sweet, Ph.D. > Director of Instructional Development, Center for Teaching and Learning > The University of Texas at Austin > MAI 2206 | Mail Stop G2100 | (512) 232-1775 | http://ctl.utexas.edu > >