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Seventeen Minute Intro to Classical Education

Posted by Jesse Hake on May 16, 2012 at 9:30pm 0 Comments

Helpful basic introduction to classical education (17 minute lecture). "Ancient Future Education" by Davies Owens (from Q Ideas, Washington, D.C., April 10–12, 2012). Description from the website:


Most people don’t know that current educational practice is less than a century old. Paradoxically, the harder we try to produce great thinkers similar to those of the past, the further we move from the style of education that produced them. Some now advocate a return to…
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How A Christian Should Read Virgil

Posted by Timothy G. Enloe on April 9, 2012 at 2:01pm 1 Comment

The following remarks on reading Virgil were written by the Italian humanist Coluccio Salutati, around the year 1378:

 

...I have dwelt upon this at such length that you may not suppose the reading of Virgil to be a mere idle occupation if one is willing to take the right view of it and to separate the wheat from the tares. Not, indeed, that I believe one should look there for the teachings of our faith or for the Truth;…

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Hierarchies of Abstraction

Posted by William Carey on March 14, 2012 at 8:53pm 0 Comments

The Ladder of Abstraction -- by Bret Victor

Victor's idea of a ladder of abstraction is compelling. His presentation of mathematic as a succession of abstractions layered upon one another is beautiful. I suspect the idea of hierarchies of abstraction is a fertile field for exploring how grammar, logic, and rhetoric fit into the mathematics classroom.

Dan Meyer on Rhetoric

Posted by William Carey on March 2, 2012 at 12:30pm 2 Comments

Dan Meyer on Rhetoric

Dan Meyer's TED talk video is interesting. He astutely identifies a deep malaise in much math curriculum (i.e. it's all grammar level material), and talks through how to pose students questions that incorporate rhetoric as well. 

 

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Books You're Enjoying this Summer

Started by Jesse Hake. Last reply by Robert M Woods on Saturday. 1 Reply

As you approach your summer reading list, please share any titles that stand out.Two that were recently recommended to me: Reordered Love, Reordered Lives by David Naugle (glowing endorsements by James K.A. Smith and Chuck Colson) and Wisdom and…Continue

Suggestions for Aquinas readings for my 10th Grade Humanities class?

Started by Jacob Douvier. Last reply by Jacob Douvier yesterday. 8 Replies

No overview of Medieval thought is complete without some treatment of Aquinas. The breadth and depth of his thought is impressive, and his legacy continues to this day. While as a Protestant I may disagree with much of this work, the influence of…Continue

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Digital Books--Coming To A School Near You

Started by Christopher Perrin. Last reply by Jesse Hake Feb 25. 15 Replies

You have probably heard about Apple's unveiling of the iBook2--Apple's format for a digital, multi-media book.  Apple is also releasing free authoring software to make these books--which some are calling "Garageband for books" (Garageband is an…Continue

Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education (Hicks)

Started by Book List Admin. Last reply by Pam Gillett May 14. 45 Replies

Book Discussion PageNorms and Nobility: A Treatise on Educationby David V. Hicks, 1999.This book is being discussed by…Continue

Tags: Liberal arts, Secondary source, Master, General readership, CCE philosophy

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