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The Well-Educated Mind |
Self-Education in the Classical Tradition |
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| August 22, 2008 - August 24, 2008 |
| Rhinebeck Campus: Rhinebeck, NY (US) |
Tuition: $225 (does not include accommodations or commuter fee)
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| Course: SM08-3902-304 |
| Tuition discounts are not available.
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For centuries, education consisted of reading, taking notes, discussing books with friends, and fitting that new knowledge into a structure of meaning that built upon itself the more one read and discussed.
This classical education had two resources modern readers often lack: elementary training in three stages of learning (once part of American secondary education), and the belief that learning can take place outside of a class-room.
Guided by humanities scholar Susan Wise Bauer, we are introduced to the classical tradition of learning and discover why all true education is self-education.
Throughout the weekend we:
- Learn the three stages of reading and their essential role in enjoyable reading
- Discover why we need to deface our books to read properly, and why speed-reading is impossible
- Explore how novels, autobiographies, and histories are more alike than different
- Get a brief but thorough (and entertaining) history of each of these genres
- Practice our new skills on selected texts
- Start a great conversation that will continue for the rest of our life
Susan Wise Bauer, MDiv, PhD, holds two masters’ degrees and a doctorate in the history of American religion, and is a member of the faculty at the College of William and Mary. Currently she is at work on a four-volume history of the world for W. W. Norton. susanwisebauer.com |
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