Teaching the Virtues
David Hein
Teaching the Virtues offers a fresh look at a perennial educational aim—encouraging virtue in the next generation. Hein emphasizes the importance of fostering a particular kind of educational culture, one in which students can form certain habits of mind and action.
Hardcover | ISBN 979-8992639599 | $24.95
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The Russell Kirk Center’s NEW IMPRINT, Mecosta House, has published an insightful primer entitled Teaching the Virtues. Written by David Hein, a longtime teacher and accomplished author of six books and dozens of articles, Teaching the Virtues offers a fresh look at a perennial educational aim—encouraging virtue in the next generation.
Hein emphasizes the importance of fostering a particular kind of educational culture, one in which students can form certain habits of mind and action. In the process, he describes how the academic disciplines and the act of writing can be connected to the cultivation of virtue. Teaching the Virtues sparkles with anecdotes, illustrations, suggestions, and deep learning that will capture the attention of teachers and homeschool parents.
What Others Are Saying about Teaching the Virtues
Dr. Hein’s book provides much matter for thought, and subsequent action, for educators and parents to intentionally transfer a culture of virtue to the young.”
David Hein’s little book is a treasure. It is a brilliant exposition of educational philosophy and an argument about how, in the classroom, teaching writing can cultivate virtue—and how good writing can itself be an exercise in virtue.”
This elegantly constructed primer on teaching virtues is a must read for all parents of school-age children.”