. . . 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