%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°Informing of the child¡¯s understanding, influencing his heart, and directing its practice¡±: Jonathan Edwards on education
%A KP Minkema
%J Acta Theologica
%D 2011
%I 
%X This article examines the role of education in Jonathan Edwards¡¯ life and legacy, both the education he received in early eighteenth-century New England and his activities as a teacher, among the other vocations he followed. In particular, the methods and principles he employed as a teacher, both of English and Indian children and young people, are distinctive. Next, the essay turns to some selected figures within the Edwardsean tradition to show pedagogical changes and continuities.
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