Practical Paideia

Making Pedagogy Palpable

All Things Classical

  • Creating a Framework

    by Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) I learned something this week that has been happening all year and I wish I’d known about it earlier! Our first grade teacher has been focusing on a unique attribute of God every week throughout the year in first grade. She began with the letter A and has made it all the way Read more

  • Ratus and Viridis (Screwtape Letters meets Classical Education)

    by Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) (1) Viridis, Why is it when we start a new job, that we are tempted to view questions as a sign of weakness? We don’t want to ask too many questions because then maybe those that hired us will second-guess their decision. Nothing could be less true. Einstein was Read more

  • Embracing the mishaps

    by Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) On Tuesday afternoon I asked one of our new teachers how his first day went and he said it was awesome. I asked him the same question the next day and his response started with “well…”.  On day two, as Bible class began, he realized that his printer wouldn’t Read more

  • Inspired Toward Discovery

    by Lindsey Ralls – Summit Christian Academy My plan, was to sit in 9th grade history for about five minutes and then move on to other things. What happened, was that I stayed for nearly thirty minutes because I couldn’t pull myself away. Mr. Christian does such a great job at Socratic discussion that I didn’t want to leave Read more

  • What 1 Corinthians taught me about persuasion

    by Lindsey Ralls Last week, my homegroup read through 1 Corinthians chapter 2, where Paul basically tells the church in Corinth that he doesn’t speak to them with impressive or persuasive speech and that his words are not polished or philosophical. As a result, it is obvious that the power behind his words are only a Read more

  • Cultivating Humility Through Literature

    by Lindsey Ralls  In Esther, we ask ourselves what situation have we been created for “such a time as this“. In Genesis we remind ourselves that, like Joseph, what man intended for evil, God intends for good. In Samuel, we can relate to the fact that regardless of what the world thinks about us, God 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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