Learning

A Quaker Philosophy of Education

Friends believe that each person has the capacity for goodness and a responsibility to attain that goodness. Our schools create deliberate moral communities' communities that value the process of reflection and inquiry, and are rooted in the fundamental Quaker belief in truth as a process of continuing revelation. Quaker pedagogy is based on the principles of teachers as caring facilitators of the learning process, dialogue as the foundation of learning in the classroom, and curricula reflecting Friends testimonies and values. Friends schools support the development of persons who are creative thinkers peacemakers, and confident humanitarians, contributing to responsive and responsible public leadership in the world.

Irene Henry