Acquired Wisdom Archives
*Listed from earliest to latest
2016
Story of a research program
John Sweller
Ramblings of an old academic:
Unconfident advice for end-times academics
James Paul Gee
No panacea garden
Sigmund Tobias
An unanticipated successful career and some lessons learned
David Berliner
It takes a village of mentors
Alan Lesgold
2017
Training research and development: Retrospective of a
career in the Defense Department
Dee H. Andrews
A 50+ year search for effective, efficient and engaging instruction
M. David Merrill
On Reconciling Divergent Ideas: A Life-long Quest
Sonia Nieto
Some lessons learned about teaching, research, and
academic disputation
Frederick Erickson
Doubling down on serendipity
Catherine E. Snow
2018
Some sage suggestions
Bernard Weiner
A life in training
J. D. Fletcher
Lessons learned from an entrepreneurial career in
workforce learning
Ruth Clark
2019
Academic optimism and a touch of wisdom
Anita Woolfolk Hoy
Feel free to fail once in a while: We all do!
That's how we learn from life's lessons
Ronald W. Marx
Some lessons learned that built self-efficacy
Dale H. Schunk
2020
Finding wisdom in the life of a humble man:
Lessons learned from my father
Patricia Alexander
The serendipity of connections and their consequences
Hugh Mehan
Persistence, prudence, and a few possibilities
Wayne K. Hoy
On the rewards of being open to opportunities and
their challenges
Stuart A. Karabenick
Learnings, however wise
Lyn Corno
On learning to thrive in the academy by turning
outsiderness into strength
Christine Sleeter
2021
When there’s no Yellow Brick Road
Ladson-Billings
Through the looking glass: Reflections of a writing scholar
Steve Graham
Unblocking tapones and finding pleasant places
Ofelia Garcia
Staying forever curious in a world of ideas
Richard E. Mayer
Roads less travelled
Karen Wilson
2022
If the script doesn’t work, change the script
Julianne C. Turner
Reading the literacy world: Navigating one’s way
across the waves of change
Robert J. Tierney
2024
On being a scholar/activist: Personal history and acquired wisdom
Michael W. Apple
2025
Success Unexpected in Common Hours
Leonard J. Waks
Improbable Probabilities: Education Cross Borders
Yong Zhao
The Accidental Gift of Being a Teacher
Larry Cuban
Creating New Ideas in Evaluation
Ernest R. House
2026
Pushmi-Pullyu: A Joint Autobiography
Anna Neumann and Aaron Pallas
