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Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education

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Availability:In StockContributor:David V. Hicks, Charles Scribner III (Foreword by), Andrew Kern (Introduction by)Publish date:2024-08-06Pages:216
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9781538195352ISBN-10:1538195356UPC:9781538195352Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:Educational Policy & Reform, History, Philosophy, Theory & Social AspectsSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC6TWB3F1T

Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education

A reissue of a classic text, Norms and Nobility is a provocative reappraisal of classical education that offers a workable program for contemporary school reform. David Hicks contends that the classical tradition promotes a spirit of inquiry that is concerned with the development of style and conscience, which makes it an effective and meaningful form of education. Dismissing notions that...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9781538195352ISBN-10:1538195356UPC:9781538195352Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:Educational Policy & Reform, History, Philosophy, Theory & Social AspectsSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC6TWB3F1T

David V. Hicks graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton and read Philosophy at Oxford. He taught strategy at the Naval War College while serving in the Navy and spent most of his life heading independent schools and serving on school, foundation, and seminary boards in America and abroad. He wrote his first book, winner of an ALA Award in Education, Norms & Nobility, while still in his...

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