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MINKEMA, KP. "Informing of the child's understanding, influencing his heart, and directing its practice": Jonathan Edwards on education. Acta theol. [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.2, pp.159-189. ISSN 2309-9089.

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.

Palabras clave : Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758); Education; Bellamy, Joseph; Hopkins, Samuel.

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