Seminar Materials November 15
Transition, Revolution, and Places of Wonder The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message to Congress , 1862 In case you're unfamiliar with these decade-old TED talks, here they are, continuing to inspire me! What sense does Sir Ken's vision of the revolution, based on Agriculture rather than Manufacturing, and on creating necessary to individual thriving make in the context of your teaching practice? Again, how does the hole-in-the-wall project-- "children will learn to do what they want to learn to do" -- make sense in the context of your teaching? (To Tom's point about the remarkable constancy of crisis in higher ed, I am reminded of how Leonardo da Vinci said essentially the same th