Minding a School’s Business

I have been having some good discussion lately on the old subject of Sophistry. At least that is how I see the subject. In short here is the playing field: to what extent should a school behave as a business, or how is education to be seen in terms of a “service rendered?” There are [...]

Minding a School’s Business

I have been having some good discussion lately on the old subject of Sophistry. At least that is how I see the subject. In short here is the playing field: to what extent should a school behave as a business, or how is education to be seen in terms of a “service rendered?” There are [...]

Meanderings in Classroom “Management”

I am not a fan of the common terminology for discussing student behavior in the classroom in the same manner as I would describe new cars moving through the assembly line. I have always believed that we behave the way we talk. If we speak of managing our students, we have demoted them to the [...]

Meanderings in Classroom “Management”

I am not a fan of the common terminology for discussing student behavior in the classroom in the same manner as I would describe new cars moving through the assembly line. I have always believed that we behave the way we talk. If we speak of managing our students, we have demoted them to the [...]

The Sophia Project’s Page for Educational Philosophy

Saw this page recently and wanted to pass it along to the rest of you. Very helpful and interesting collection of works on education. Keep the conversation going.
http://www.molloy.edu/academic/philosophy/sophia/TOPICS/phiedu/contents.htm

Steves Thoughts on Physical Training in a Classical School Setting

Alright, here goes my attempt to start some discussion on why “PE” must return to its historic and theoretical roots, and be called Physical Training (PT) again, and rise to prominence as a major manner in which a classical Christian school teaches wisdom and virtue.
Historically…

The Greeks believed that if you “owned the body, you owned [...]

Poetic Knowledge Chapter 3

Chapter Three: Connatural, Intentional, and Intuitive Knowledge

So far, Taylor has been showing the philosophical back drop for how we lost the notion of poetic knowledge.  Now he is going to take a step further and show what it is and how it brings up a series of related concepts.
From the philosophy of Aristotle and Aquinas emerged [...]

Resources for Someone Thinking About Teaching in the Classical Model

Anyone who wishes to see additions can email me and I will add them on.
Links:
CiRCE Institute
ACCS Classis
Westminster Academy in Memphis – lots of helpful material throughout their site
CiRCE Writer’s Blog
Radical Academy – MJ Adler Archives
Books:
See my lists elsewhere on this blog:
Essentials
Full List
Essays:
Memoria Press Articles
Dorothy Sayer’s “Lost Tools of Learning”
Susan Wise Bauer’s “What Is Classical Education”
Some [...]

Poetic Knowledge Chapter 2

Chapter 2

He begins with an interesting discussion of Plato’s views of poetic knowledge from The Republic. This has been an issue for me and Taylor espouses the view closest to my own that Plato’s censorship was more religious than anything else.
Quote from Werner Jaeger: Art has a limitless power of converting the human soul [...]

Essential Books about Teaching

The small list.
Compiled by Steve Elliott[1]
Adler, Mortimer J. Reforming Education. Macmillan, 1977. In addition to this fine work, which is an anthology of his writings about education, you may find his classics, “How to Read a Book,” and “How to Speak, How to Listen,” very helpful as well. I like Adler for [...]