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Written by Martin Cothran & Cheryl Lowe, this article was first published in The Classical Teacher, 2010. Reproduced here with permission. We live in the aftermath of a cultural shipwreck, and this is nowhere more apparent than in the field of education. Our schools cast about for solutions to their educational woes, and they find, here and there, pieces of the system of classical education that once ruled the educational waves. The result has been Read more…

Written by Dr. John Seel, this article was first published in The Classical Teacher, Winter 2006. Reproduced here with permission. Parenting is first and foremost a responsibility of discipleship. Discipleship is not about activities and programs, but the transformation of the heart. The transformation of the heart begins with the framing of beliefs–what we assume to be true about others, the world, and ourselves. “Education,” said Sister Mariam Joseph, “is the highest of arts in Read more…

Written by Andrew Kern Classical education rouses the student’s mind to action through two methods: the Didactic and the Dialectic. Let’s take a brief look at each of these modes of instruction. The Didactic Method If you have heard the word “didactic,” it was probably used for lectures or some other form of instruction in which the active teacher presented information to the passive student. That is not how the word was used in the Read more…

Education is a trendy field, prone to numerous fads and fashions. One of the current trends has to do with what are called “learning styles.” Children, it is said, have different learning styles, and, according to the theory’s adherents, these learning styles are supposed to determine to a greater or lesser degree how each child is taught. Some children are “visual learners,” it is said, and others “auditory learners.” The visual learner is to be Read more…