Foundations Talk | 46:02 | All Grade Levels, General Classroom, Quadrivium
Summary
In his preface to On the Incarnation, C. S. Lewis says that the reading of old books will “keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds.” In a similar way, classical pedagogy can function as a check on popular teaching techniques and practices.
Speaker
Dr. Daniel B. Coupland is the Dean of the Graduate School of Classical Education, the Chairman of the Education Department, and a Professor of Education at Hillsdale College, where he regularly teaches courses on English grammar, classical pedagogy, and classic children’s literature. He earned a B.A. in Spanish from Liberty University, an M.A. in Linguistics from Oakland University, and a Ph.D. in Education from Michigan State University. Dr. Coupland has received Hillsdale College’s “Professor of the Year” award and was awarded the Emily Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence. He was a Resident Scholar at the C. S. Lewis Study Centre in Oxford, England. Dr. Coupland has written for a variety of publications including Academic Questions, Virtue, National Review, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit News, and The Washington Examiner. He is the author of Tried & True: A Primer on Sound Pedagogy published by Hillsdale College Press.
(dcoupland@hillsdale.edu)
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