by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Feb 27, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I spent sometime earlier this month reading through quotes of the Civil Rights...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Feb 25, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
[Post #5 on Vigen Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken A Child’s Moral Imagination] In this final post on Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue, we’ll review and reflect upon the content of chapters 5-6 as well as the book’s conclusion,...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Feb 21, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
[Post #4 on Guroian, Tending the Heart of Virtue, chapters 2-4] In our last post on Guroian’s great book, we discussed the difference between virtues and values, and how classical stories narrate the transformation of the human person through the acquisition and...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Feb 12, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
[Post #3 on Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue] In our last post on Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue, we discussed some of the ways in which stories appeal to and influence the moral imagination of children. Guroian elaborates further on this in chapter 1:...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Feb 4, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
[Post #2 on Vigen Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue] In the last reflection on Vigen Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue, we talked about the importance of clear moral direction for children through rules, principles, and expectations. Classical educators...
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