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Peterson, Heather W. – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2022
In "To Young Men," Basil of Caesarea asserted that pagan literature could be read discerningly for the pursuit of virtue. As a professor of English, I recognize Basil as an exemplar pedagogue in my own insistence that Christian students read secular texts. Not a scholar of Greek, I rely on patristic scholarship to understand Basil's…
Descriptors: Churches, Religious Education, Christianity, Teaching Methods
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Mintz, Avi I. – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2011
Scholars who have taken interest in "Theaetetus'" educational theme argue that Plato contrasts an inferior, even dangerous, sophistic education to a superior, philosophical, Socratic education. I explore the contrasting exhortations, methods, ideals and epistemological foundations of Socratic and Protagorean education and suggest that Socrates'…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Philosophy, Educational Theories
Pohlsander, Hans A. – 1971
This report presents a rationale for the study of ancient history emphasizing the interrelationship of all periods of history and the arbitrary nature of the subject's division into temporal or geographical segments. Pointing out that significant discoveries are constantly being made, the author stresses the importance of the classics teacher's…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Archaeology, Bibliographies, Classical Languages