Disability and Classical Education

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A proper understanding of disability is central both to the human condition and to leading classical Christian education forward. Thus, an adequate anthropology is needed to suppor t a vision of the indivisible relationship between disability and a classical education in which all students are seen as valuable contributors to the learning community. Offering a philosophical basis along with practical guidance, author Dr. Amy Richards unfolds the need to build new understandings of the nature of disability, the goal of education, and the ways in which classical educators can offer genuine welcome to students with disabilities and learning differences. Classical Christian Education in Our World and Your Community This course explores how classical education can welcome all learners by recovering a richer vision of human dignity, shared inheritance, cultural literacy, and attentive formation. Disability and Classical Education with Dr. Amy Richards This course, led by Dr. Amy Gilbert Richards, explores the philosophical foundations and practical guidance for serving students with special learning needs in classical schools so that they too can pursue truth, goodness and beauty. Instructional Hours: 2.75 Show more