Date of Award
Spring 2022
Document Type
Term Paper
Department
Education
College
College of Education
Primary Advisor
Dr. David Masterson
Abstract
In Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education, David Hicks claims we are at risk
because modern education has lost its focus on moral instruction, normative standards, and a connection between knowing and doing. Beyond these changes in modern education, our culture is at risk because the education of future generations has been removed from the family. Parents can pursue a family-centered, eternity-focused education as they consider the iconic sword and the stone to overcome the current risk. Paideia serves as a cornerstone for an education recognizing eternal persons, and normative standards enable students to wield their swords of knowledge for eternal purposes. Additionally, parents can seek to foster the imagination as a mirror reflecting an eternal perspective in education. When pursuing such an education, parents must be aware of the risks of classical education and begin with their own transformative experience with Jesus. Through family-centered, eternity-focused, education, our culture can overcome the risk exposed by David Hicks.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Aimee M., "A Call to Family-Centered, Eternity-Focused Education Aimee Smith" (2022). Selected Student Publications. 2.
https://firescholars.seu.edu/ssp/2
Included in
Educational Methods Commons, Religion Commons, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons