Malone University cordially invites all interested members in our region to our very first summer workshop: Education for Virtue: The Classical Approach. Whether you are a parent who is considering homeschooling or classical-school options, a veteran educator looking to add classical components to your teaching style, or anyone looking to learn more about developing virtue in education, this workshop has something for everyone no matter the age or educational level. Education for Virtue is a free workshop for all participants and lunch is included with registration.

The workshop will focus on the importance of developing moral and civic virtues in students, as well as highlighting various teaching strategies that classical education utilizes for nurturing students in the knowledge and practice of moral and civic virtues. This content can benefit educators and parents alike.

The workshop features nationally recognized experts in classical education, virtue formation, and classical studies. Our event will provide adults with an overview and appreciation of virtue and classical education, as well as resources to immediately use in your own educational context.

Parents are also encouraged to bring their children, and there will be age appropriate classical education activities for children in breakout sessions lead by local classical educators.

What is Classical Education?

Classical education invites students into living a life of virtue and offers study of the examples of virtuous conduct from the past as exemplars. Children are formed through their education to productively live and flourish in our communities bearing influence for generations to come.

Classical education: 

• Aims to not only impart knowledge, but also to cultivate wisdom and virtue in students.
• Emphasizes the study of ethics, character development, and moral philosophy, largely through the study of the thought and history of ancient Greece. 
• Considers how these ideas shaped the development of western civilization and the foundations of the United States. 

Just as the Americans of the founding generation looked to the history of the ancient world for examples and principles of justice in society and the proper functioning of free government, a return to reflection on ancient Greece will benefit our contemporary moment that is fraught with faction and incivility.