Ep. 37 – Dr. Chris Swanson and Learning for Life
This is Episode 37 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma interviews Dr. Chris Swanson, president…
Tag: Education
Naked Wrestling
Education in general, and in every subject, should “draw heavily on direct and vicarious experience that engages and awakens the senses”—poetry, music, “naked wrestling”((James Taylor,…
Music: A Fundamental Component to a Liberal Arts Education
In 1996, the College Entrance Exam Board Service conducted a study on all students taking their SAT exams. Students who sang or played a musical…
The Destiny of All
Not everyone is obliged to excel in philosophy, medicine, or the law, nor are all equally favored by nature; but all are destined to live…
Playing Down Will Not Get Us There
In his book, Study Smart: A Christian Guide to Academic Success, John Seel argues, Christian schools celebrate Lewis, Tolkien, and Chesterton, but we somehow give…
Education and Fallacy of Technological Progress
David Hicks rightly notes that the classical educator sees, as one of his aims, educating the student both for the world’s fight and for the…
Questions for Teachers
A half-dozen questions for teachers to ask themselves before teaching their next class: What does a grade in my class measure: effort or achievement? What…
The First Thanksgiving
Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after have a special manner rejoice together after we…
Dumbing Us Down
Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist; it should furnish you with an original spirit with which to…
Three Principles for Effective Teaching
The laws that govern good teaching can be understood similarly to the way Jesus explained that the entire law could be boiled down to two…