A blueprint for Christian higher education
Series: Faculty bulletin of Wheaton College -- vol. 16, no. 3
Publisher: Wheaton College
Published: 1953
Place of publication: Wheaton, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Philosophy; Religious education; Wheaton College (Ill.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. The mid-century challenge; title: The cultural crisis; title: Challenges facing the Christian educator; title: Centrifugal or centripetal educational philosophy?; title: II. Other foundations; title: The effects of secularism on education; title: What is a philosophy of life?; title: The naturalistic alternative of John Dewey; title: The humanistic alternative of Robert Hutchins; title: III. The Christian educator's foundation; title: Witnesses to the importance of religious foundations for education; title: Theistic foundations for higher education; title: Iv. The testimony of educational history; title: Educational theory in classical Greece and Rome; title: Educational theory amongst the Hebrews; title: Educational history in the early church; title: Educational theories of representative church fathers; title: Educational theory in cathedral and palace schools; title: Educational theories of the scholastics; title: Educational theories of the Renaissance; title: Educational theories of the reformers; title: Educational theories of the educational realists; title: Educational theory in the Enlightenment; title: Educational theory in colonial America; title: The importance of religious foundations for education; title: V. The essence of higher education; title: What is Christian higher education?; title: Derivation of the word "education"; title: Naturalistic definitions of education; title: Humanistic definions of education; title: The theist's definition of education; title: The Christian educator; title: VI. The elements of Christian higher education; title: The ability to maintain health; title: the ability to think; title: The ability to advance learning; title: The need for intellectual synthesis; title: The ability to understand the physical environments; title: The ability to live rightly; title: The ability to live efficiently; title: The ability to live harmoniously; title: In the family; title: In the state; title: In labor-management relations; title: Int he quest for reform; title: The ability to lead; title: The ability to witness; title: The ability to live triumphantly; title: VII. Literature in Christian higher education / Clarence Simpson; title: The Christian teaching of the art of communication; title: The Christian teaching of literature; title: VIII. Social science in Christian higher education; title: What is social science?; title: The historical development of social science; title: The Christian social scientists and the use of the scientific method; title: Theistic principles essential in social science; title: The Christian social scientist; title: IX. Science in Christian higher education; title: The scientific method; title: The relation of scientific history to Christian education; title: The assumptions of science; title: The imitations of science; title: The functions of science; title: The teaching of science; title: Concluding remarks; title: Appendix: The education philosophies of the presidents of Wheaton College; title: 1. Jonathan Blanchard on Christian education; title: The foundation of biblical theism; title: The importance of the liberal arts; title: Reform in Christian higher education; title: 2. Charles Albert Blanchard's educational philosophy; title: The functions of education; title: Conversion; title: Character development; title: CUltural foundations essential in liberal education; title: The outcome of Christian higher education; title: The importance of the Christian teacher.; title: J. Oliver Buswell and theistic philosophy; title: President V. Raymond Edman on the past and the future.