Tag: classical pedagogy

Sara Osborne, Uncategorized

Philosophy First: Re-orienting Our Thinking about Classical Education for a New Year

By Sara Osborne Teachers, parents, and students who participate in classical education are familiar with many of its usual tenets:  the focus on grammar, logic, and rhetoric provided by the trivium; the inclusion of Latin; and the emphasis on classic literature, to name a few.  In addition, classical schools are often recognized for their structure—witness school uniforms, organized schedules, and high behavioral expectations, for example.  … Continue reading Philosophy First: Re-orienting Our Thinking about Classical Education for a New Year

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Featured Article, Kyle Rapinchuk

Sabermetrics and Grades

I’m a huge baseball fan, having played the game from six years old through college and watched it all my life. During those years, one of the more interesting developments has been the rise of interest in sabermetrics, an innovative attempt at empirically analyzing in-game activities to measure success. For example, traditional statistics measured straightforward outcomes like batting average (hits divided by at-bats) and statistics … Continue reading Sabermetrics and Grades

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Nexus Notes, Scott McElvain

Nexus Notes–October 13, 2017

  A nexus is a series of connections linking two or more things. These notes are dedicated to linking us to great content elsewhere out on the web. Socratic Teaching – Dr. Grant Horner displays a great example of Socratic teaching within the classroom. The Power of Story: Perfect for Children, Dangerous for Adults – Matt Bianco on the power of storytelling. Geronimo, Amen – … Continue reading Nexus Notes–October 13, 2017

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Kyle Rapinchuk, Monday Musings

Monday Musings (September 25, 2017): Meditation as Participation

Last week I considered how we have tamed God’s Word instead of eating it. This week I continue the theme of meditating on the written word. One of the better insights of Eugene Peterson’s excellent book, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading, is his proposal that spiritual reading is “participatory reading.”[1] He uses the illustration of a period of life … Continue reading Monday Musings (September 25, 2017): Meditation as Participation

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Articles, King, Kingdom, and Kingdom People, Kyle Rapinchuk

King, Kingdom, and Kingdom People: Classical Christian Education for the Head, Heart, and Hands

Abstract: In “King, Kingdom, and Kingdom People: Classical Christian Education for the Head, Heart, and Hands” Kyle Rapinchuk explores what it means to provide a “Faithful Education” in a classical Christian school. Beginning with the belief that we are loving and liturgical beings, he explores how we can provide a truly faithful education to students a classical Christian schools. He discusses five key factors involved in … Continue reading King, Kingdom, and Kingdom People: Classical Christian Education for the Head, Heart, and Hands

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Nexus Notes, Scott McElvain

Habits: Nexus Notes–September 1, 2017

A nexus is a series of connections linking two or more things. These notes are dedicated to linking us to great content elsewhere out on the web. Habits Week 8 Habits of Every Great Student – An excellent compilation of habits for students by some of the most well-known classical Christian educators. My 7 Least Productive Habits – A great list by Mark Dance of … Continue reading Habits: Nexus Notes–September 1, 2017

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Kyle Rapinchuk, Monday Musings

Monday Musings (August 21, 2017): Irrigating Deserts

In his phenomenal work The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis writes regarding education what have become some of his most well-known and oft-quoted words: “For every one pupil who needs to be guarded from a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be awakened from the slumber of cold vulgarity. The task of the modern educator is not to cut down … Continue reading Monday Musings (August 21, 2017): Irrigating Deserts

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Kyle Rapinchuk, Scott McElvain

Why are you on the bench?

Why are You on the Bench? A Look into the Trivium Applied to the Field of Sports by Scott McElvain and Kyle Rapinchuk Today is the day. August 17, 2017. The first day of year six at School of the Ozarks. It’s like opening day—the anticipation building over the off-season months, the preparation and practice that have gone into a good performance, and now it’s … Continue reading Why are you on the bench?

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Nexus Notes, Scott McElvain

Nexus Notes–July 28, 2017

A nexus is a series of connections linking two or more things. These notes are dedicated to linking us to great content elsewhere out on the web. Great Audio Library – AmongstLovelyThings.com has a great post with many worthwhile classical Christian education lectures. This is a beneficial link for hours of good listening from great classical speakers. Ten Pedagogical Essentials – A well-done, comprehensive PDF … Continue reading Nexus Notes–July 28, 2017

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Nexus Notes–July 21, 2017

A nexus is a series of connections linking two or more things. These notes are dedicated to linking us to great content elsewhere out on the web.   Bill Carey on Classical Math A short video describing what a classical rhetoric math class should look like—and it is not a cookbook model! Base Camp Live Podcast Check out a new podcast series from Davies Owens … Continue reading Nexus Notes–July 21, 2017

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Nexus Notes–June 16, 2017

A nexus is a series of connections linking two or more things. These notes are dedicated to linking us to great content elsewhere out on the web. Ancient Future Education Great short video presentation by Davies Owens on Classical Christian education. Davies gives a brief summation of education the last 100 years, explains how it has affected us, and then details how classical Christian education … Continue reading Nexus Notes–June 16, 2017

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King, Kingdom, and Kingdom People, Kyle Rapinchuk

Trudging Joyfully Towards a Future Kingdom (King, Kingdom, and Kingdom People Series #9)

Faithful education at a classical Christian school is a topic of great significance, particularly with the growing number of students in classical Christian education. I have suggested in the previous posts in this series that faithful education in this discipline requires an emphasis on formation that nonetheless takes seriously the importance of communicating information that helps students in this formative process. Second, I proposed that … Continue reading Trudging Joyfully Towards a Future Kingdom (King, Kingdom, and Kingdom People Series #9)

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