Spring 2021: Education for a New Age
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Item Meeting 2: The Nature and Significance of Liberal Education(2021-02-11T00:00:00-08:00) Wilson, Jessica; Mumbach, Mary; Cowan, BainardDr. Jessica Hooten Wilson---the Louise Cowan Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Dallas, recipient of the 2019 Hiett Prize for the Humanities from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, and author of numerous books including Giving the Devil his Due: Flannery Oâ Connor and The Brothers Karamazov--joined us for our discussion of "The Nature and Significance of Liberal Education." Joining Dr. Bainard Cowan in response to Dr. Wilson's remarks was Dr. Mary Mumbach, Magdalen College, UD BA '70, IPS Ph.D. '77. The readings for this meeting were all taken from Donald Cowan's Unbinding Prometheus, pp. 71-103: "The Spirit of Liberal Learning" "The Three Moments of Learning" "Universal Liberal Education"Item Meeting 4: The Role of Secondary Education and the Principalâ s Art of Leadership(2021-03-11T00:00:00-08:00) MacMillan, Claudia; Cowan, BainardDr. Claudia MacMillan is Founding Director of the Louise and Donald Cowan Center for Education at the Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture; she is editor of and contributor to What is a Teacher? Remembering the Soul of Education Through Classic Literature; and she has extensive experience in both high school classrooms and administrative offices as well as at the university level. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Dallas and is an alumna of the 1989-1990 Summer Institutes for Teachers at the Dallas Institute. The readings for this meeting were all taken from Donald Cowan's Unbinding Prometheus. Preface (pp. vii-x) Introduction: Between Two Ages (pp. 1-18) Chapter 2: A Spectre Of The Past: Renouncing Faust (pp. 33-49) Chapter 3: The Perennial Future: Learning with Prospero (pp. 50-67) Dr. MacMillan also made reference to Chapters 1 and 4-6, which were assigned earlier in the series.