Al Mohler – Second Plenary Session
President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Continue Reading
Date posted06/29/2018
Summer Conference 2018
Summer Conference 2018
The Common Topics: Threads That Hold the Verbal Arts Together
The verbal arts are related to one another, particularly through the means by which we teach them. Since the verbal arts are skills, not terminating subjects, they are taught throughout the curriculum. But as we focus on teaching them… Continue Reading
Date posted06/29/2018
Poetic Knowledge: Horse Sense in Our Classrooms (2018)
How do we prevent our students from simply learning facts about our subjects? We must foster “poetic knowledge,” the pre-rational and experiential knowledge that equips students to connect information and concepts to the world. Poetic… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
The Enchanted Cosmos: Mathematics Among the Liberal Arts
This session will introduce a curriculum and pedagogy for mathematics grounded in the classical Christian tradition. It will give special attention to 7th through 12th Grades (or pre-algebra through calculus), though many topics will be of… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
Why is Discipleship Key to What We Are Trying to Accomplish in CCE?
It may seem obvious, but discipleship is key to what we are trying to accomplish through our classical Christian schools. However, discipleship is increasingly harder to accomplish in our post-everything world, and it often gets lost as… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
Calling Our Students to Lead: A Leadership Class for High School Students
Classical schools beautifully prepare students for a lifetime of learning. Classical Christian schools interweave that scholarship with discipleship. Such graduates are well-prepared to continue their studies at the university level and to… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
Inclusion of Students With Disabilities in the Classical and Christian Classroom
Classical Christian education is the best possible way to nurture the soul. It involves the best methods, materials and message to build the kingdom of God that is intended for the “least of these.” What are we doing to make this blessing… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
Using Primary Sources to Teach History at the Grammar Stage
Many teachers at the Grammar stage feel intimidated by teaching history and wonder if there is a way to make it more interesting. Introducing primary sources into your history curriculum will help your students understand and engage… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
Dorothy Sayers Was Wrong About the Art of Grammar
Dorothy Sayers famously wrote that Grammar is the “poll parrot” stage in which younger students memorize many facts. In her influential and often valuable essay, The Lost Tools of Learning, she asserts that she is replicating the medieval… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
Recruiting and Retaining Talented Teachers
Recruiting and retaining talented teachers is a challenge for school leadership. This workshop focuses on the systems in place at The Geneva School to understand staf ng needs, recruit talented teachers, and interview and vet prospective… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
Essential Logic
As classical Christian educators, we see logic as so essential to what and how we teach that we refer to the second stage of learning as dialectic and to the corresponding school as the School of Logic. While many Upper School teachers… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018
Why Knowledge Matters
Modern education theory emphasizes skills and downplays content. But is there really such a thing as “reading skills,” “critical thinking skills,” or “problem- solving skills” apart from speci c content knowledge? What does research say… Continue Reading
Date posted06/28/2018