num_pages: 182
description: 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.
language: English
title: Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education
titlecomplete: Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education
genres: Teaching, Classics, History, Philosophy, Theology, Education, Parenting, Nonfiction, Cultural
ratings_count: 354
publisher: University Press of America