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Sponsored by the international education network Fundación Parentes, the Thomas More Foundation is a developing collaboration of educators and academics who want to address the UK’s relative lack of quality intellectual formation and humanities education. Recovering the idea of a liberal education, we believe, will be instrumental to this.
A liberal education emphasises the intrinsic value of study. It also recognises the practical importance of integrating knowledge across subjects, especially across the sciences and the humanities, rather than thinking of subjects as separate from one another.
Based on these principles, we developed Eudaemonia, a Sixth-Form enrichment programme for students' intellectual formation. We run workshops for teachers that introduce them to the core principles of Eudaemonia and how it can be applied in a variety of schools settings.
We also offer ongoing formation and support for teachers with our seminar series in the history of ideas in Euston, London. There we aim to equip teachers with a broader base in the ideas that have come to shape our culture.
Check out our 'about' page to learn more about our mission.
Our Sixth-Form enrichment programme for intellectual formation using the socratic method. Click to learn more.
We want to help teachers become educators in the comprehensive sense of that word: to be deeply interested in the world around them, to develop a synthetic vision connecting the present to the past, sciences and humanities, and to recognise the end of education as the formation of the human person, intellect and character. Our 'History of Ideas' seminars, fortnightly Monday evenings, are perfect for teachers to study some of the most influential texts in our history, to understand the time in which they were written, and connect them to contemporary issues. The seminar context enables teachers to develop their insights collaboratively, under the guidance of two humanities researchers.
With the completion of our Eudaemonia curriculum, we are offering to facilitate workshops for teachers to discuss the principles and methods behind Eudaemonia and how it can find a place in their schools.
With the completion of our Eudaemonia curriculum, we are offering to facilitate workshops for teachers to discuss the principles and methods behind Eudaemonia and how it can find a place in their schools.
Read about the progress of our Eudaemonia launch, the latest on our postgraduate certificate, and two new collaborations. Plus several new articles from Friends of the Foundation.
Dissatisfied with the 'commercial' focus of his undergraduate in law, Anton Balint sought out an explanation for the origin and purpose of law. Ten years later, he has given himself a comprehensive education in philosophy and theology through studying the 'history of ideas'. He describes to us what he has learned about the importance of philosophy.
Expanding upon part of his previous article, Jack Thomson defends the relevance of theology to contemporary education, particularly in relation to overcoming the fact/value dichotomy that is characteristic of modern living.
Read the report from our recent consultation on TMF's prospective postgraduate certificate in the history of ideas, detailing our 'concentric circles' strategy for progressively building towards a comprehensive postgraduate certificate.
What is a university?
What is a university?
Following a lecture by Dr Paul Kanelos, Jack Thomson reflects on the importance of strong academic community and a tempered rationalism for the flourishing of a liberal arts university.
Eudaemonia launch (Updated)
Eudaemonia launch (Updated)
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