Aims of Education Address 2018: Gabriel Richardson Lear

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Channel: The University of Chicago · 2018 · Education

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Gabriel Richardson Lear, Professor of Philosophy, talks about wonder as the critical first step of education and how it helps students understand the world and themselves. 

The Aims of Education Address is a celebrated tradition where a faculty member addresses the entering class on the unique aims of liberal arts education at the University.

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