Speakers for our 2014 Conference

Date/Time: November 22nd, 9 AM – 5 PM
Location: Utah County Convention Center, in Provo.

Neil Flinders (Neil’s book “Teach the Children” is the inspiration behind our organization) He will introduce his new book Joseph Smith: America's Greatest Educator and speak to the topic:
Title: The Anatomy of Educational Philosophy: Roots of Factionalism in American Education
Description: What agency is and why it is important. How Custodialism emerged and gained control of American education. Fundamental assumptions that create factions in education: viz.Education is (a) an individual function (b) a family obligation (c) a church responsibility (d) a state interest. The four propositions that govern learning and teaching: (a) context (b) content (c) process (d) structure.
Bio: Author of numerous agency-based documents: e. g. Joseph Smith: America’s Greatest Educator (2014); Teach the Children: An Agency Approach to Education (1990); “A Restorationist Views the Modernist/Post-Modernist Debate” (Presidential Address, 1990) annual meeting of the Far Western Philosophy of Education Society; Moral Perspective and Educational Practice (1979). Emeritus CES and the BYU School of Education.

Thoughts to Ponder

"That which matters most is that which transcends mortality." -- NJF

"Spiritual Understanding: When you feel a precept is when you begin to understand it." -- NJF

"Life without God leads to random speculation. Random speculation leads to confusion. Confusion can be disturbing, dangerous, and even destructive. Life with false 'gods' also

leads to random speculation and this is the domain in which human darkness prevails  

upon the personality." -- NJF