Practical Paideia

Making Pedagogy Palpable

Where Paideia starts to feel possible…

  • Can Ought be Taught?

    Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) One book that has been on my list for a long time is Mere Christianity. I think I read it in high school, but since that was quite a few years ago I’ve been wanting to pull it out again. This weekend I finally made time to pick it back up.… Read more

  • But can we walk on Saturn?

    But can we walk on Saturn?

    Summit Christian Academy Seventh graders ask a lot of questions. Today, while I was sitting in Physical Science, the class was learning about the periodic table of elements. There were questions about how to pronounce a specific element or what an element is made of. There were questions about which page something was on or… Read more

  • The Fear of Collaboration

    Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) If you had to pinpoint the main problem that Classical Christian Education solves, what would that problem be? I was thinking about this question over the weekend and if wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. What I realized, is that there are actually several ‘problems’ that CCE… Read more

  • It’s the In-Between that Matters

    Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) During lunch today, a few of us were noticing the seventh graders. Seventh graders are loud. They are full of energy. They run everywhere (even if it’s just to the bathroom and they have 15 minutes left of lunch). They argue a lot. They don’t necessarily know how to work well… Read more

  • Reflections from a Shadow Student

    Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Yesterday I spent the entire day as a shadow student with the 9th grade class. I sat on the floor with them before school started (where the main topic of conversation centered around the Super Bowl). I went to all four classes with them, ate lunch with them, and followed… Read more

  • The Primary Source

    Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Last week I was writing an article that included some background information about John Milton Gregory, who wrote The Seven Laws of Teaching. I’ve heard it mentioned several times over the years that Gregory was a principal at a classical school. Every time I hear that, I can’t help but think,… Read more

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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 

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