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Mathematics and Christian Education – Part Two

MATHEMATICS AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (part two of two)
by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.
Now in an attempt to determine the influence of mathematics on the mind of a Christian, it would be folly to ignore the fact that after twenty centuries of Christian living, it is impossible to name one single patron saint for mathematics. There are [...]

Posted 19 December 2008 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § Educational Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Mathematics and Christian Education – Part One

MATHEMATICS AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (part one of two)
by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.
[Editor's note: This article was originally published in From The Housetops back in the 1940's. Brother Francis has been teaching mathematics longer than any subject (for more than eighty years); he certainly knows its uses. However, in this article, Brother points out what happens [...]

Posted 11 December 2008 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § Educational Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Plato and Liberal Education – Part Three

by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.
Plato and Liberal Education
III. The Epochs in Plato’s Educational System
The key for Plato’s system of education is the Greek word μουσικε (sounds like “musikay”) which has survived in our modern languages in such words as “music” and “museum”. To the Greeks the term had a wider signification, including within its comprehension [...]

Posted 03 December 2008 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § Educational Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,