Newman’s Idea of a University–Paul Shrimpton

November 7, 2018

BL. John Henry Newman was a lifelong teacher, among many others. He not only found the Catholic University of Ireland and the first Catholic public school in England, but he was also a highly influential philosopher in education. Collection of his addresses titled University ideasNewman states the concept of liberal education, defends the essential place of theology among university subjects, and opposes the utilitarian tendency to view education as nothing more than professional training. Paul Shrimpton, teacher and author of Magdalene College School in Oxford How to make a manbrings together theories and practices of educator Newman.

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John Henry Newman’s Historical Sketch on Education: http://www.newmanreader.org/works/historical/volume2/index.html

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