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Yep, this one is a duzzer (sp). mike On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Robert Lake <boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>wrote: > Thanks Mike, > I love it when the "strange becomes familiar and the familiar becomes > strange. > RL > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:16 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote: > >> For some reason your quotation from Dewey struck me just now, Robert, >> often >> as I have seen it. It got me to thinking along with thinking about AERA >> and >> its events and face-to-face time. Nice to be able to "see it" at a >> distance, but real time IS real time. >> >> Here is the quotation: >> *Democracy must be born anew in every generation, and education is its >> midwife.* >> *-*John Dewey. >> >> We talk a lot about metaphors around xmca and the metaphor of a midwife >> for >> education is certainly a potent metaphor. >> >> Would we put up with the success rate for education if that >> social/institution's success rate is less than that of the midewife. >> So what kind of a midwife is education, anyway? Where does the metaphor >> lead us? >> >> If you pick up some helpful pointers in Vancouver, let us all know! >> >> :-)) >> mike >> __________________________________________ >> _____ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca >> > > > > -- > *Robert Lake Ed.D. > *Assistant Professor > Social Foundations of Education > Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading > Georgia Southern University > P. O. Box 8144 > Phone: (912) 478-5125 > Fax: (912) 478-5382 > Statesboro, GA 30460 > > *Democracy must be born anew in every generation, and education is its > midwife.* > *-*John Dewey. > > > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca