Academics and Curriculum Development
ISSSC develops new multi-disciplinary courses based on a common theme every year with associated faculty at Trinity College, Hartford and the Claremont Colleges, California. The cross-discipline themes include (by year):
- 2005-06: The Roots of the Secular Tradition in the West
- 2006-07: The Secular Tradition and Foundations of the Natural Sciences
- 2007-08: Secularism and the Enlightenment
- 2008-09: The Global Impact of Secular Values
- 2009-10: The Secular Tradition in General Education
Read more about this topic: Institute For The Study Of Secularism In Society And Culture
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“If we focus exclusively on teaching our children to read, write, spell, and count in their first years of life, we turn our homes into extensions of school and turn bringing up a child into an exercise in curriculum development. We should be parents first and teachers of academic skills second.”
—Neil Kurshan (20th century)
“The highest form of development is to govern one’s self.”
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