Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education

Type

Book

Authors

Douglas Wilson

ISBN 10

0891075836

ISBN 13

9780891075837

Tags

Church History, Education, History, Christianity, Reference & Test Preparation, Religion & Spirituality, Education Theory

Description

Public education in America has run into hard times. While many factors contribute, Douglas Wilson lays much blame on the idea that education can take place in a moral vacuum. It is not possible for education to be nonreligious, deliberately excluding the basic questions about life. All education builds on the foundation of someone's worldview. Education deals with fundamental questions that require religious answers. A second reason for the failure of public schools, Wilson feels, is modern teaching methods. He argues for a return to a classical education, firm discipline, and the requirement of hard work. Often educational reforms create new problems that must be solved down the road. This book presents alternatives that have proved workable in experience.

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