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Aug 31, 2025 34 min

Leisure

from The Educational Renaissance Podcast Hosted by Educational Renaissance

Can school be a place of leisure? Is there a way to balance excellence and rest? In this next episode, Patrick is joined by Jason and Kolby to explore the idea of leisure, whether expressed by Joseph Pieper in his book Leisure: The Basis of Culture or in the principle of scholé in the recent book The Good Teacher by Chris Perrin and Carrie Eben. Links from this episode: Joseph Pieper, Leisure: The Basis of Culture Christopher Perrin, The Scholé Way Christopher Perrin and Carrie Eben, The Good Teacher Jason Barney, Rethinking the Purpose of Education "School is a Game" article by Patrick Egan The Educational Renaissance Podcast is a production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Educational Renaissance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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. Take a deeper dive into training resources produced by Educational Renaissance such as Dr. Patrick Egan's new book entitled Training the Prophetic Voice available now through ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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