Ultimately, there is but one end, the self; all other ends are means. —John Dewey The history of the development of the modern therapeutic self is a long and complicated one. Volumes of dusty books about the self now occupy incalculable shelf space. So, I don’t expect to make any real contribution to the public […]
The Two Legs of Learning
Education has two legs. Another way to say this is all learning takes place in two complementary ways. The first leg is unscheduled and independent. This kind of learning takes place through our natural engagement with our environment. Learning in this context relies on a synthesis of our experience and our faculty of memory. Most […]
Jay Gatsby’s Orgastic Dream
The SBC missiologist, Ed Stetzer, refers to the proclivity of some pastors who are always looking for greener pastures instead of shepherding the sheep at home as “ministry pornography.” He describes it as “the unrealistic depiction of an experience you’re never going to have that distracts you from the real and glorious thing.” At the […]
Disintegration or Totalitarianism?
Whenever a society reaches a certain level of satisfaction in its technological progress such that it ceases to be inventive—when necessity is no longer forced to give birth to invention—it can do little else except expand its accumulative achievements into every corner of society. In 1982, Donald Cowan observed this about America. The former president […]
Praxis: Practical Books for Educating Classically
The final list of books in my top 50 books on Classical Christian Education focuses on the practice of implementing and administering a classical education.
Educational Polemics: What’s Wrong with Education Today
Here are my top ten polemic reads on modern education, books that challenge the status quo by dissecting it’s motivations and methods.
Further Up and Further In: Expanding and Deepening Your Philosophy of Education
This is the next installment of My Top Fifty Books For Families And Teachers New To Classical Christian Education. In this post, I’ll share 10 works that will expand, as well as deepen, your educational philosophy. Idea of a University by Cardinal John Henry Newman. This work is actually a collection of two books, primarily […]
The Liberating Arts: A Book of Poignant Reminders
I meant to include The Liberating Arts: Why We Need Liberal Arts Education in yesterday’s list but as I was reorganizing my stacks, I set it in a wrong pile and missed it. So, I decided to give it it’s own post—along with a brief review (sort of). When Jesse Jackson marched with a large […]
Top 10 Books About The Liberal Arts in Classical Christian Education
This is the third post in my series on the 50 most important books on Classical Christian Education. I have tried to order my lists with some measure of thoughtfulness as it pertains to stages of need and interest. The first post in the series was a list of primers (five in all) that are […]
Ten More Books For Families And Teachers New To Classical Christian Education
In my first post in this series, I shared five books I believe are thorough and accessible enough to help anyone unfamiliar with Classical Christian Education navigate the landscape fairly successfully. Building on the first five, here are the next 10 books I would recommend reading if you are interested in expanding your understanding of […]