Re-introducing the Trivium as a Model for Teaching in the Humanities.

Siebach, James L.

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ERIC Number: EJ605830

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Re-introducing the Trivium as a Model for Teaching in the Humanities.

Siebach, James L.

Interdisciplinary Humanities, v15 n1 p23-37 Spr 1998

Argues that the Trivium, a model for a basic education from classical times, is useful in providing students with a humanities education because students within this model learn skills in rhetoric, grammar, and logic. Defines a humanities education, describes the Trivium model in detail, and applies the Trivium to contemporary education. (CMK)

Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction, Logic, Persuasive Discourse, Reading Instruction, Rhetoric, Skill Development, Teaching Models, Writing (Composition)

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Language: English

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