The Everlasting Education

Ep. 24 - Odin and Mercury 3: The Socratic Discussion

This is Episode 24 of The Everlasting Education Podcast, a Kepler Education Production. In episode 24 of the Everlasting Education Podcast, Scott and Joffre discuss the Socratic dialogue in the classroom. Just like all good conversation, Socratic dialogue is an art—a skill that can be improved with practice. But Socratic dialogue, unlike casual conversation, has a particular aim—to discover the truth or meaning of something to the end that we might live wisely and flourish as human beings. Using elenchus, an investigative means of inquiry that is meant to discover fallacies in one’s argument or worldview—like peeling layers of an onion—teachers act as midwives, and help students give birth to truth.  Learn more at http://kepler.education

Ep. 23 - Odin and Mercury: Classroom Conversations

This is Episode 23 of The Everlasting Education Podcast, a Kepler Education Production. In episode 23 of the Everlasting Education Podcast, Scott and Joffre discuss the art of conversation in the classroom. Since conversation is an art, it is a skill that can be improved upon; and in this episode, our hosts unpack the ways in which students can develop the craft of conversation and successfully participate in Socratic dialogues in an online classroom.    Learn more at http://kepler.education

Ep. 22 - Odin and Mercury

This is Episode 22 of The Everlasting Education Podcast, a Kepler Education Production. In episode 22 of the Everlasting Education Podcast, Scott and Joffre take slightly different approach to St. Augustine's call to Christians to be "wise and eloquent" by introducing a new series on the noble art and science of rhetoric using instead, the mythological gods, Odin and Mercury, as models of language formation and influence. For example, the names of the days and months in the calendar are formed by each culture's view of the mythological gods' powers rather than their station in the pantheon. Learn more at http://kepler.education

Ep. 21 - Getting an Informal Classical Education by Carrying Books

This is Episode 21 of The Everlasting Education Podcast, a Kepler Education Production. In this episode, Scott and Joffre talk about the importance of books and how we all can become classically educated by developing a habit of acquiring, carrying, and reading books. In a technological world filled with pixels, a love for reading books must be developed intentionally through wonder, curiosity, and the planned neglect of activities of lesser value. Learn more at http://kepler.education

Ep. 20 - How to Talk About Classical Education

This is Episode 20 of The Everlasting Education Podcast, a Kepler Education Production. Too often we get the question, "What is this thing called Classical Christian Education?" and because of the way the question is initially formulated, we find it difficult to explain what we mean.   In this episode of The Everlasting Education Podcast, Scott and Joffre explain how to talk about Classical Christian Education and explain what it means to others who are unfamiliar with the history and concept.    Learn more at http://kepler.education