Education's Highest Aim: Teaching and Learning through a Spirituality of Communion

Since “A Nation at Risk” in 1983, the “problem” of education in the United States has occupied a prominent space in the media, in the halls of government, and in the lives of those most involved in schools. Through experiences of parents, students, teachers and administrators who have sought to live out a spirituality of communion, Education’s Highest Aim examines contemporary education in the light of a way of life rooted in love of neighbor, and presents the effects when such a value is lived out across a spectrum of educational milieus.

“Here is an educational philosophy, a pedagogy and a practice grounded in the vision of unity, in a spirituality of communion. It is one that invites students, faculty, staff, administrators and families to work cooperatively for the development of the whole person. This is an educational aim of the highest order worth working together to achieve.”

Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D.
President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities

Education’s Highest Aim will be valuable for anyone interested in understanding and improving education — teachers’ groups; school administrators; university courses in curriculum, instruction, or educational foundations; parents’ organizations; developers of public policy.