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Between the Lines
by From the secular to the sacred in education.
Welcome to Between the Lines: a podcast for nuanced conversations about education.“The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running,” wrote Simone Weil. At Between the Lines, this joy of learning is the air we breathe: the joy of discovery, of opening one’s mind to new ideas, and of reading, writing, and reasoning about the most important things. Above all, education is a joy because it hones the human powers of rational thinking—learning both what really is, and how to think well about what really is.History attests to the power of learning—for good and for ill. The ideas human beings hold shape the course of history, from philosophical principles to medical breakthroughs. When children (and adults!) learn to reason well from good principles, they build flourishing societies, have sparkling insights, and produce great works of art. On the other hand, bad principles—or bad reasoning—have often led to the great tragedies of history.In our time, educat
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Episode 6: Dr. Andrew Seeley
In this episode, we speak to Dr. Andrew Seeley about the fall of Rome, the Medieval period, and attempt to learn what shift in ideas led to the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution.Dr. Seeley is the President of the Boethius Institute and Director of Advanced Formation for Educators at the Augustine Institute. He received a Licentiate from the Pontifical Institute in Medieval Studies in Toronto and a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto. Over his three decades as a Tutor at Thomas Aquinas College in California, Dr. Seeley completed teaching every subject in its demanding, integrated Great Books curriculum. He became Executive Director of the Arts of Liberty Project in 2021.if you are looking for resources, please have a look at the Boethius Institute and Arts of Liberty Project:- https://boethiusinstitute.org- https://www.artsofliberty.org
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Episode 5: Thomas Roe
In this week's episode we speak with Thomas Roe: Latin, literature, grammar, and history teacher since 2011. Thomas is currently a faculty recruiter at Valor Education and wrote his master's thesis, "Sonnets on Sticks: An Apologia for Sentence Diagramming in Classical Education," as part of an M.A. at the University of Dallas.If you are interested in learning sentence diagramming, we recommend the following resources:https://www.amazon.com/Sister-Bernadettes-Barking-Dog-Diagramming/dp/0156034433https://letsdiagram.com/rexBarks.phphttps://letsdiagram.com/getSmart.phphttps://www.amazon.com/Graded-Lessons-English-Alonzo-Reed/dp/1523869941
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Episode 4: The Reading Wars
Sold a Story:https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
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Episode 3: Caricatures
Joseph's Blog Posthttps://boethiusinstitute.org/independence-through-accuracy
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Episode 2: Freedom
https://takingchildrenseriously.com/faq/
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Between the Lines: a podcast for nuanced conversations about education.“The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running,” wrote Simone Weil. At Between the Lines, this joy of learning is the air we breathe: the joy of discovery, of opening one’s mind to new ideas, and of reading, writing, and reasoning about the most important things. Above all, education is a joy because it hones the human powers of rational thinking—learning both what really is, and how to think well about what really is.History attests to the power of learning—for good and for ill. The ideas human beings hold shape the course of history, from philosophical principles to medical breakthroughs. When children (and adults!) learn to reason well from good principles, they build flourishing societies, have sparkling insights, and produce great works of art. On the other hand, bad principles—or bad reasoning—have often led to the great tragedies of history.In our time, educat
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