Practical Paideia

Making Pedagogy Palpable

All Things Classical

  • Look at Your Music

    Lindsey Ralls While sitting in seventh grade chorus this week, I listened as the students practiced a piece for the Christmas concert. After the song ended, one of the boys raised his hand and said, “I just don’t think I can hit that last high note—my voice just won’t do it!” The teacher responded by saying, “I Read more

  • Chat GPT is no William Tyndale

    by Lindsey Ralls This morning, our chapel speaker didn’t use any Power Point slides. She explained that while she normally loved a good slide show, she wanted us all to read our passages from our physical Bibles, rather than just relying on the screen. She talked about William Tyndale, who translated the Bible into English Read more

  • In Ten Words Or Less

    by Lindsey Ralls Chances are, at some point in the last week you told someone that your kids just started school and that it’s a classical school. And chances are, they probably asked you what that means. “ “Well… ” you began. And then it got kind of tricky.  Is it about paideia? (You’re pretty sure you’ve Read more

  • Flourishing In The Face Of Injustice

    Bringing Black History Month to a Classical School – Lindsey Ralls The attached document outlines several ways in which a classical school can honor black history month while also moving their dialectic and rhetoric students towards making connections between history, injustice, and the idea of human flourishing. While there are multiple ways in which this Read more

  • Dialectic Lesson Plan Sample

    Emily Thomeer and Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Below is a sample lesson plan that incorporate classical techniques, dialectic goals, biblical integration, virtue, and wonder. It is based off of a 90 minute course that is on a block schedule and is geared towards 7th grade students. Read more

  • Lesson Plan Framework

    by Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Sometimes it’s helpful for new (and even experienced) teachers to have a framework for what a good lesson plan should look like, as well as the things it should include. A sample framework can be found below. Read more

What we’re all about

Pai·deia (noun) – The upbringing of a child

Prac·ti·cal (adjective) – Concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with simply theory and ideas 

Paideian – A paideian is an individual shaped by or committed to the principles of paideia,

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