2021 Workshop Talk | 45:32 | Literature, Philosophy, Virtue, Character, Discipline
Summary
The best kind of education involves mentoring at almost every level. This workshop will explore some powerful images of mentorship in Kenneth Grahame’ classic children’s story The Wind in the Willows that could inform the entire classical education community.
Speaker
Dr. Daniel Coupland is a professor and chairman of the education department and dean of the faculty at Hillsdale College. He earned a BA in Spanish from Liberty University, an MA in linguistics from Oakland University, and a PhD in education from Michigan State University. He began his career in education as a high school teacher. At Hillsdale College, he teaches courses on English grammar and classic children’s literature. In 2013, Dr. Coupland was named Hillsdale College’s “Professor of the Year.” In 2016, he was a resident scholar at the C. S. Lewis Study Centre (The Kilns) in Oxford, UK. In 2017, Dr. Coupland received the Emily Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence. His research focuses on classic children’s literature and English grammar instruction. He is a coauthor of an English grammar curriculum titled Well-Ordered Language: The Curious Child’s Guide to Grammar (published by Classical Academic Press).
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