Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has to be reasonable for people to take it seriously.

Any profession should have norms around the issue you raise. And, in the words of the great economic thinker Albert Hirschman, we all owe a measure of loyalty to professional norms. But when the norms seem unhelpful or unproductive, one needs to speak up - to activate voice. And in the extreme, if the profession and one's colleagues seem estranged from a thoughtfully selected course of action, you need to consider the possibility of exit. Of course, if you knowingly violate norms or laws, you need to be prepared to face the consequences - or to lead a revolution!

To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?"

Much of the material presented in schools strikes students as alien, if not pointless.

The ability to solve problems or to create products that are valued within one or more cultural settings.

Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences.

I want to understand how best to create and preserve a form of higher education that we value but that is in jeopardy for many reasons.