The Right Use of Studies
The French philosopher, Simone Weil, wrote a short essay on education in 1942 titled, REFLECTIONS ON THE RIGHT USE OF SCHOOL STUDIES WITH A VIEW…
Tag: Teaching
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…
Thank You, Teachers!
Teaching can be a thankless job. Teachers put in far more hours than just the hours they spend in the classroom. Outside of the classroom,…
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…
Improving Quality in the Classroom
In a recent post, Seth Godin wrote about the misconception of quality being the result of effort. He states, Quality is defined as consistently meeting…
On the Importance of Memorization
In the modern world, memory is often disparaged as unnecessary, a distraction or hindrance to progress even. Thus, the practice of rote memorization in education…
In Loco Parentis
Given parents are ultimately responsible for their child’s education (Ephesians 6:4), hiring a teacher does not mean parents are abdicating their responsibilities. They are wisely…
Classical Recitations
In his classical approach to systematic theology, Thomas Oden references the fact that modern journalism unwittingly derives its sequence of good reporting from classical Christian…
The Ideal Teacher
“I believe the ideal teacher would approach any masterpiece that he was presenting to his class almost as if he had never seen it before.”1…