Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education

A reissue of a classic text, Norms and Nobility is a provocative reappraisal of classical education that offers a workable program for contemporary school reform. David Hicks contends that the classical tradition promotes a spirit of inquiry that is concerned with the development of style and conscience, which makes it an effective and meaningful form of education. Dismissing notions that classical education is elitist and irrelevant, Hicks argues that the classical tradition can meet the needs of our increasingly technological society as well as serve as a feasible model for mass education.

Author: David Hicks
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 01/01/1999
Pages: 182
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9780761814672
ISBN10: 0761814671
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Aims & Objectives
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform

About the Author
David V. Hicks is President of the Darlington School in Rome, Ga.