Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“To become more creative, people should interact with thoughts, ideas, and perspectives different than their own.” Yes, but the resistance to alternative ideas is so strong that overcoming it will be very difficult.

What if deconstructing tasks into parts removes interconnections that are essential to understanding/ completing the task?

If workers/ students lack a feeling of autonomy, they will comply. But that is all.

Divergent thinking may increase one’s questioning of social norms. Perhaps that is one reason education has been reluctant to teach it?

So many technologies to solve math equations… my math education has been replaced with tools.

Dewey: “Certainty is the last thing anyone should hope to find.” At least if that person wants to understand anything.

Paraphrasing Dewey: intelligence is bound in the community. Yeah, he was right. It starts in our brains, but isn’t entirely there.

So many reasonable and useful forms of and extensions of human thinking are ignored in schools. It’s shameful.

So many “data driven” leaders lack the critical attitude data that is necessary to use it effectively.

Observation… delusion. We need others to point out which describes our conclusion.

“Scientists rule out wishful thinking and dishonesty.” Now if we can get everyone to behave that way.

If you change you mind, I know you deserve my attention. If you don’t, then I assume your are not empirically reasonable… that you don’t believe you can be wrong… and that is just silly.

Let’s not hold learning captive to outcomes. #edchat

“If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.” -Richard Feynman

If the answer is grounded in deference to authority, it is wrong.

There is no recipe for education… at least if you are doing it right.

Efficiency without understanding in education is wasteful.

Great grading scheme. Too bad your students are going to spend all their time available for your course trying to figure it out rather than learning the content.

Anyone else find the term “servant leader” troubling?

Let’s not hold learning captive to outcomes. #edchat