Types of Perennialism:
Secular and Regional
Regional Perennialism
Curriculum
Christian Doctrine
- holy scriptures
- the catechism
- Christian arts
Regional Perennialism
Secular Perennialism
- education is a preparation of life
- learning is a life long process
- education is a union with God
believe in one ultimate truth,
and that a different version
of it springs up again
year after year
Curriculum of Secular Perennialism
- Strong liberal art curriculum
- Great Books
Key Facts:
eternal truths
permanence order
certainty
rationality
logic
Follows through with the ideas of:
- Idealism
- Realism
- Neo-Thomism
Mortimer Adler
and
Robert Hutchins
Mortimer Adler
- contemporary perennialist
- inspired by John Stuart Mill
- developing intellectual skills
- critical thinking and questioning strategies
Description of
Perennialism
Perennialism
Educators
Book Definition:
Robert Hutchins
- modern perennialist
- Dean of Yale
- President of Univeristy of Chicago
- ideal education involved the Great books of Western Civilization
Educational theory that focuses on the past, namely the universal truths and absolutes as reason and faith.
Perennialism Education
Theory
By: Alma Sanchez