glyph#363: learning, continuous, lifelong ... curiosity, wonder . reason, logic ... innovation in education . Columbia University ... Socrates . Socratic education . salons ... the fullest use of questions ... intellectual and spiritual integrity ... how to invest in and earn a life of subjectively rewarded quest and adventure ... how to deserve victory in life (paraphrasing Winston Churchill —leif smith)
About.com (04 Jan 07) offers a biography of Ronald Gross, a list of his books, and a guide to his articles & websites:
http://adulted.about.com/od/otheradultlearning/a/ron_gross_2.htm (biography & more)
Ron is widely-recognized as the leading champion of lifelong learning. He is the author of 20 books starting with The Lifelong Learner (Simon and Schuster) which first popularized that term, and most recently PEAK LEARNING: How to Create Your Own Lifelong Education Program for Personal Enlightenment and Professional Success (Tarcher/Putnam). PEAK LEARNING is the best-selling book worldwide for non-traditional learners, and is provided as a handbook for all students of the largest on-line higher learning organization, the University of Phoenix.
Ron currently co-chairs the University Seminar on Innovation in Education, at Columbia University in New York City. ... (continued, with much additional material at above link)
http://adulted.about.com/od/otheradultlearning/a/ron_gross.htm (articles by Ron Gross)
Ron appears as Socrates, provoking worthwhile discussion at events, providing catalysis for surprising insights. Please keep a supply of diet hemlock on hand.
Senior columnist for ABOUT.com
http://about.com
Monthly Socrates Salons, Great Neck, New York (as of December 2006).
Founder and moderator of the University Seminar on Innovation in Education, at Columbia University.
Glyphs about Ron's work
Socrates Way, by Ronald Gross
http://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/2.html
Socrates Salon begins in Rome, Italy, 5 October 2005
http://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/230.html
http://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/363.html
December 29, 2006; edited/updated January 6, 2007
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