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The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being
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Paperback. Frustrated with the continuing educational crisis, concerned parents, teachers, and students sense that true reform requires more than innovative classroom technology, standardized tests, or skills training. This anthology reconstructs a centuries-long conversation about the goals, conditions, and ultimate value of true education. Editor(s): Gamble, Richard M. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Frustrated with the continuing educational crisis of our time, concerned parents, teachers, and students sense that true reform requires more than innovative classroom technology, standardized tests, or skills training. An older tradition - the Great Tradition - of education in the West is waiting to be heard. Edited by historian Richard Gamble, this anthology reconstructs a centuries-long conversation about the goals, conditions, and ultimate value of true education. In an unbroken chain of giving and receiving, The Great tradition embraced the accumulated wisdom of the past and understood education as the initiation of students into a body of truth. This ... Read more
Frustrated with the continuing educational crisis of our time, concerned parents, teachers, and students sense that true reform requires more than innovative classroom technology, standardized tests, or skills training. An older tradition - the Great Tradition - of education in the West is waiting to be heard. Edited by historian Richard Gamble, this anthology reconstructs a centuries-long conversation about the goals, conditions, and ultimate value of true education. In an unbroken chain of giving and receiving, The Great tradition embraced the accumulated wisdom of the past and understood education as the initiation of students into a body of truth. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Condition
New
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781935191568
SKU
V9781935191568
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Reviews for The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being
"The Great Tradition provides a treasury of insights into Western education that no school leadership can afford to ignore.... Every now and then someone does the world the invaluable favor of reminding us how we got here and what we've left behind. Richard M. Gamble has done so for a new generation." - Andrew Kern, President, CiRCE Institute, and coauthor ... Read more