Workshop Talk | | History, Literature
Summary
Over the centuries, a key question of classical Christian education is if/how Christians should learn from pagan texts. This issue arose almost immediately in the first century AD, and throughout history different answers have been offered. This session unpacks this controversial issue by addressing both its historical roots and key answers that have been given throughout the tradition. This issue is just as relevant today as ever, so understanding the purpose and value of teaching pagan texts is of great benefit for all classical Christian educators.
Speaker
Dr. David Diener works at Hillsdale College where he is an Assistant Professor of Education. Previously he spent fifteen years in K-12 private education, eleven of those in administration and eight as headmaster of classical Christian schools. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Classical Learning and the Board of Academic Advisors for the Classic Learning Test. He is the Executive Director of the Alcuin Fellowship, a member of the National Council of Classical Educators, and regularly provides consulting services and teacher training to classical schools. He is the author of Plato: The Great Philosopher-Educator and has published articles on Plato, Kierkegaard, and various topics in philosophy of education. He also serves as the series editor for Classical Academic Press’ series Giants in the History of Education and is an associate editor for the journal Principia: a Journal of Classical Education. He holds a BA in philosophy and ancient languages from Wheaton College as well as an MA in philosophy, an MS in history and Philosophy of Education, and a dual PhD in philosophy and philosophy of education from Indiana University.
ddiener@hillsdale.edu
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The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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