January 2, 2014 By Bill Harms Reflection and critical thinking are compass points on the pathways to wisdom, participants observed at the “Wisdom Research Forum on Education.” In November, an international group of about 30 presenters and guests came together in Chicago to discuss how wisdom strengthens...

May 29 - June 1, 2008 in Monterey Bay, California Since the Enlightenment, public systems of education have tended to focus on the efficient transmission of acquired knowledge. Consequently, the deeper aim of education—the evocation of wisdom in the human person—has suffered a temporary eclipse. Wisdom...