Paul (and all), You give me more credit than I deserve. My only awareness of Dewey was his library "Dewey decimal system". However, I think he was about the applications not just the tRATs. Larry On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Paul Koles <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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:**** > ** ** > “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* > *** > ** ** > ** ** > > > -- ******************************* Larry K. Michaelsen, Professor of Management Dockery 400G, University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 660/543-4315 voice, 660/543-8465 fax For info on: Team-Based Learning (TBL) <www.teambasedlearning.org> Integrative Business Experience (IBE) <http://ucmo.edu/IBEl<http://faculty.ucmo.edu/ibe/home.html> > *******************************