The Educational Renaissance Podcast

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, the team reflects on a topic brought up at a recent Alcuin Retreat, about how to approach Christian and pagan literature. The ponder Tertullian rhetorical questions while pursuing whatever "gold" might be found in pagan writings ... and when one can go too far in embracing non-Christian thought. Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, the team introduces the new Educational Renaissance Book Store, where you can purchase the books the team references and recommends. Here is a link to the bookstore: The Educational Renaissance Bookstore • Educational Renaissance Today, they discuss three essential books: An Introduction to Christian Education, by Christopher Perrin Wisdom and Eloquence, by Robert Littlejohn and Charles Evans The Liberal Arts Tradition, by Ravi Jain and Kevin Clark In the comments section, suggest some books you'd recommend for the team to read and/or review. Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

*** The Educational Renaissance podcast has moved to publishing the middle and end of the month. *** Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, the team wraps up the "get to know the team" series by interviewing Jason Barney. Listen in as they explore Jason's beginnings in public school in San Fransisco, how one teacher in particular influenced Jason's future high school and college choices and learn how a single passage from the book of Jeremiah convinced him he had to get into classical Christian education. Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, the team discusses lesson planning and how to use narration to really bring out the best in the lesson. They also provide some insights based on template you can find on their website ... listen to learn more and find out where you can get the template. Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, we continue our series of interviewing the Educational Renaissance team by interviewing Kolby Atchison. We learn about how his interests changed over time and led him to a surprising Masters Degree and eventually to becoming an administrator at a Christian Classical School. Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, the team interviews Karen Glass (www.karenglass.net) and discuss how she came to teach her children through Charlotte Mason's method and then began writing about it to help other (mainly) homeschooling parents teach the method. She explores the notion that "education is the science of relationships". Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, the team digs into Jason's upcoming book about Charlotte Mason and explores her life and how she came to be a Christian Classical educator. They then conclude how her approach has influenced their own work and how her work is as relevant today as it was during her lifetime. Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, Kolby, Jason, and Patrick discuss the differences between 'renaissance' and 'enlightenment', and why they chose renaissance for their name. They discuss the real value of education and why it is not just about getting into a good college and getting a good career but so much more. They further discuss the need for transparency around hard work and what they means to the next generation. Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In today's episode, Patrick Egan "... is the textbook" as Jason and Kolby interview Patrick about how he came to be Dr. Patrick Egan and doing what he is doing. Listen in as Patrick reveals his "unexpected" past and how he came to think of learning and work as practice for "... the recital to come." Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. Today's episode comes from the panel discussion with Jason, Kolby and Patrick, with questions curated by David Siebel at the 2021 Educational Renaissance Symposium in Indianapolis. The topic was "A Discussion About Discussion." Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music