Mentors, not Professors: Daily Inspire!
Published: Fri, 03/23/12
Daily Inspire! Mentors, not Professors George Wythe built his Depth Phase students' learning around the classics, but each student had a personalized…
Thomas Jefferson Education
TJEd Weekly Inspire
Why Classics #6- Our Canon Becomes Our Plot: Daily Inspire!
Published: Thu, 03/22/12
Daily Inspire! Why Classics? #6: Our Canon Becomes our Plot. If you were evacuated to another planet and could only take one book, upon which to base…
Why Classics #5- Connect with our Stories: Daily Inspire!
Published: Wed, 03/21/12
Daily Inspire! Why Classics? #5: The Classics connect us to our stories. Each culture is different because it has different shared stories. Different…
Why Classics #4- They Make You Think: Daily Inspire!
Published: Tue, 03/20/12
Daily Inspire! Think. Why Study the Classics? #4: They Force us to Think. At first reading the classics can be a chore, an assignment. If we persist,…
Why Classics #3- The Frontier: Daily Inspire!
Published: Mon, 03/19/12
Daily Inspire! Why Classics? #3: The Classics take us to the frontier to be conquered. Previous generations have had geographical frontiers to…
Why Classics #2- Greatness: Daily Inspire!
Published: Fri, 03/16/12
Daily Inspire! Why Classics? #2: The Classics bring us face-to-face with greatness. The purpose of studying literature is to become better. As we…
Why Classics #1- Human Nature: Daily Inspire!
Published: Thu, 03/15/12
Daily Inspire! Why Classics? #1: The Classics Teach Us Human Nature. The classics give us a glimpse into each of these basic human instincts. In fact,…
Key #1- Classics: Daily Inspire!
Published: Wed, 03/14/12
Daily Inspire! Definition of a Classics Virtually every subject is most effectively learned directly from the greatest thinkers, historians, artists,…
Be Inspirational: Daily Inspire!
Published: Tue, 03/13/12
Daily Inspire! Be Inspirational The greatest irony in modern education is that we will not let children play when that is practically all our…
How Children Learn: Daily Inspire!
Published: Mon, 03/12/12
Daily Inspire! How Children Learn At the root of the decision of how to view education are two divergent views of childhood. The first view rejects…