Tag: education
Considering Online Education through Newman’s Principles
Newman’s The Idea of a University outlines his theory and ideal of university education and can offer us some important principles to guide our thinking about the possibilities of online education.
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Newman’s University Journal and Its Significance
The journal is perhaps one of Newman’s most practical texts on education due to the intimate voice that Newman uses to describe the difficulties and particularities of founding a university.
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Newman High: Some Notes on Newman for Secondary Educators
This month, many teachers like myself will be returning to our classrooms. It will be, like many things right now, challenging and uncertain. While some about our schools will be unfamiliar and new, much will remain the same.
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Newman Reading group at Franciscan University of Steubenville: An Interview with Dr. Theodore Harwood
In celebration of St. John Henry Newman’s canonization in October of 2019, Franciscan University of Steubenville had various events in honor of Newman during the 2019–2020 academic year. One of those events was a faculty group, led by classics professor Dr. Theodore Harwood
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Education as Total Reality: Luigi Giussani and Newman on Education
The place where the educational process unfolds must be a place where all of reality is presented (Giussani, The Risk of Education, 133).
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Comparing Newman and Giussani – The Presence of the Educator
While they lived in different centuries, different nations, and in vastly different geo-political situations, Newman and Giussani shared a common interest in resolving the challenges of living the Christian life presented by a world that was growing increasingly secular and irreligious.
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John Henry Newman’s Pandemic Ministry: A Balm for the BereavedMay 5, 2021Newman ministered to the sick and dying cholera victims and their families in Oxford, Birmingham, and Bilston. […]
John Henry Newman’s Second Journey to Rome: 1846-1847April 29, 2021In 1846 Newman traveled to Rome a second time, specifically for his seminary studies in preparation for his ordination as a Catholic priest. […]
Reading Newman Philosophically: An Integrative ExerciseApril 8, 2021This articles argues that Newman’s notion of a philosophical habit of mind can provide a helpful conceptual framework for navigating conversations about reading, appropriating, and extending his philosophical thought. […]
“Telling Stories that Matter”: Reading Marvin O’Connell’s MemoirsMarch 29, 2021The book, Telling Stories that Matter: Memoirs & Essays, is comprised of O’Connell’s late-in-life memoirs of how he became interested in the academic study of history, as well as some of his shorter essays and book reviews. […]
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