"Robert, please share when your book is available! Delightful to have your participation on Classical Educator."
classicaleducator.com
Sponsored by the Institute for Classical Schools
Links
classicaleducator.com fosters collaboration among classical educators and administrators in the U.S. and abroad.
Blog Posts
Seventeen Minute Intro to Classical Education
Posted by Jesse Hake on May 16, 2012 at 9:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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…Continue
How A Christian Should Read Virgil
Posted by Timothy G. Enloe on April 9, 2012 at 2:01pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
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;…
Hierarchies of Abstraction
Posted by William Carey on March 14, 2012 at 8:53pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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 1 Like
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.
Videos
Forum
Books You're Enjoying this Summer
Started by Jesse Hake. Last reply by Robert M Woods on Saturday. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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 0 Likes
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
Tags: school, upper, humanities, Aquinas
Digital Books--Coming To A School Near You
Started by Christopher Perrin. Last reply by Jesse Hake Feb 25. 15 Replies 0 Likes
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 3 Likes
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
Audio
Photos
Groups
Events
Latest Activity
Jacob Douvier replied to Jacob Douvier's discussion Suggestions for Aquinas readings for my 10th Grade Humanities class?"Robert,
Thanks for suggesting Kreeft. One of my friends recently recommended his version of Pascal'sPensees. I should look into it and as well as these Aquinas editions.
Regards,
Jacob"
Robert M Woods replied to Book List Admin's discussion The Great Conversation: Great Books of the Western World (Hutchins and Adler)"I read this book back in 2001 and it changed the way I think about the Great Books. Even though I had earned a PhD in Humanities, I was missing something big and it was the notion of the "great conversation". This work also…"
Robert M Woods replied to Jesse Hake's discussion Books You're Enjoying this Summer"I have read Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine every summer for the past five years and it has been a most pleasant experience. I also have a stack of Great Books to re-read including Virgil's Georgics which I've never read before.…"
Robert M Woods replied to Jacob Douvier's discussion Suggestions for Aquinas readings for my 10th Grade Humanities class?"I'm new to this site and late to the discussion, but would echo much of the earlier comments. I have used Peter Kreeft's Summa of the Summa for years in our undergraduate honors program (Freshmen/Sp semester) where read most of this…"
Robert M Woods posted a status"Almost done with my book, Thinking Christianly About the Liberal Arts. Will be returning to Bradbury Center research on Something Wicked."
Robert M Woods left a comment for Robert M Woods"I just found out about this site and I am so encouraged. I plan on sharing with lots of friends, students, and other folks who care about Classical education."
Joel left a comment for Ravi Jain"Thanks for the response (though it seems the end got cut off).
I'm technically not a teacher yet. Our first child is due any day now, and we will probably be educating our children at home. For years now I have been trying to learn more about…"
Ravi Jain left a comment for Joel"Hi Joel,
Thanks for the great questions. Before I answer let me contextualize my comments a little bit. I really do enjoy teaching math and science from the primary source documents. And I'm looking to find…"
Jacob Douvier joined Ty Rallens's group
One Book@ClassicalEducator.com
This group aims to foster a rousing exchange of ideas around the topics we all enjoy by reading through a book over a reasonable time-period (busy teachers, don't be put off!) and responding to wide-open discussion prompts from rotating sponsors.The first book we read will be Norms and Nobility by David Hicks, one of the top 100 books on Classical Christian Education. After that, we'd love to hear your…See More
Jacob Douvier replied to Karen Moore's discussion Phonics & Spelling in the group Literature & Writing Teachers"We switched to "Spell to Write and Read" (SWR) about four years ago in our grammar school and it seems to be working well. Unlike other phonics programs, which only teach the most basic phonograms and some of the English spelling…"
Jesse Hake posted a blog postSeventeen Minute Intro to Classical Education
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 “classical education,” a…See More
© 2012 Created by Via Nova Media
