HONR 530A - Special Topic: The Ethos of a School: Fostering a Culture of Virtue

Institution:

Eastern University

Subject:

Honors College

Description:

Thomas Aquinas said that teachers uniquely move back and forth between the contemplative life and the active life: first, we love and pursue the truth about certain objects or fields of knowledge; and secondly, we attempt to nurture a comparable love and understanding within our students. The three foci of this tutorial together address this bifidity: (1) virtue and learning; (2) virtue and teaching; and (3) the school as a polis of virtue. Among the many challenges that face any school are these: (1) reaffirming the school's original mission, or determining whether or not it needs to be modified (and why and how); (2) identifying and describing the school's ethos - what is valued, and its understanding of learning and teaching, the meaning of persons, and the pursuit of virtue (&c.); and (3) perceiving how to maintain its culture, ethos, and identity, whether the school is shrinking, relatively stable, or rapidly growing.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.eastern.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 341-5800

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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