Practical Paideia

Making Pedagogy Palpable

Where Paideia starts to feel possible…

  • The Virtue of Argument

    Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) The Virtue of Argument As I sat down at my computer to write this, my daughter asked me what I was writing about. Adequately explaining virtue to a 9 year old seemed like it might take more time than I wanted to devote at the moment, so I simply said,… Read more

  • Promoting Student Engagement

    Promoting Student Engagement

    By changing the layout of her classroom, and introducing the idea of “participation tickets”, Anita’s 7th grade Civics students became more engaged in the discussion. Read more

  • Narratio seen in Acts 22

    Narratio seen in Acts 22

    Students in speech class learn more about narratio through Paul’s speech in Acts 22. Read more

  • Jesus and the Five Common Topics

    Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”  Essentially, Jesus is asking a question of definition. Define me Peter. Who am I? The point wasn’t to have Peter regurgitate the right answer, but for him to wrestle with the concept of who Jesus was, in order… 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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