The Heart of Learning
Why Passion Is Essential to Education
Will be published approx. on 19. January 2027
270 pages
E-Book
978-1-5416-0766-8 (ISBN)
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An impassioned argument for the transformative power of a liberal arts education.
To preserve and rejuvenate the liberal arts in a myopically "practical" society, we must not only define what knowledge is imparted but also understand how it is imparted. Teachers pass their love of a discipline to students, sharing that love most fully in a setting of personal friendship.
Drawing on her own experience as student and teacher, Elizabeth Corey shows that a true liberal education affects the whole person, not only the intellect. A good teacher models both intellectual inquiry and a way of living that is wise, beautiful, and removed from the muddle and crudeness of modern life. Infinitely richer than a system of "information delivery," this is education in its fullest sense.
Corey's compelling account of the intellectual life will open new horizons for students who have no idea what they are missing and will encourage the teachers who long, in C. S. Lewis's words, to irrigate the deserts produced by a remorselessly utilitarian education system.
To preserve and rejuvenate the liberal arts in a myopically "practical" society, we must not only define what knowledge is imparted but also understand how it is imparted. Teachers pass their love of a discipline to students, sharing that love most fully in a setting of personal friendship.
Drawing on her own experience as student and teacher, Elizabeth Corey shows that a true liberal education affects the whole person, not only the intellect. A good teacher models both intellectual inquiry and a way of living that is wise, beautiful, and removed from the muddle and crudeness of modern life. Infinitely richer than a system of "information delivery," this is education in its fullest sense.
Corey's compelling account of the intellectual life will open new horizons for students who have no idea what they are missing and will encourage the teachers who long, in C. S. Lewis's words, to irrigate the deserts produced by a remorselessly utilitarian education system.
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Elizabeth Corey teaches political philosophy at Baylor University, where she also directs the Honors Program. The author of Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics and a regular contributor to First Things, Corey has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and National Affairs. She lives in Waco, Texas.
