Dee, Darn. I never could keep those Dewey boys straight...however, there are two good things: 1) Together, we're smarter than any one of us alone. 2) We know at least one of the Deweys would be using tRATs and 4-S applications if they had known about them. Larry On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Larry Michaelsen <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > 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> > > > ******************************* > > -- ******************************* 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> > *******************************