Developing Classical Thinkers

Oct 22 2024 243 ep. 29 mins 41
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Developing Classical Thinkers is a classical podcast for classical thinkers, created and supported by the teachers at Thales Academy, a classical school in Raleigh, North Carolina. A Thales Press podcast.

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Model Seminar: Quintilian's "Education of an Orator"

Oct 22 2024 55 mins  
In this webinar, Winston Brady, Kellie Scripter, Chris Scripter, and Matt Ogle conducted a model seminar for teachers over the opening chapters of Quintilian's "On the Education of an Orator." They presented and modeled best practices for seminar teaching and the kinds of habits, disposition, and overall love of learning teachers need to encourage in their students. That way, stude

The Thales Canon

Oct 15 2024 27 mins  
History, as the name implies, is a story, and history, at its best, is the most engaging and exhilarating story. As a story told about the past, the study of history contains meaningful insights about the present; insights that, if properly presented, should inspire students to make better choices in the future.Thus, the study of history holds a particularly important role in class

Conversation and Dialogue in the Classroom | Training Tips for Teachers

Oct 10 2024 3 mins  
Today's episode is from a short training video produced by Thales Press for classical educators.Classical educators use conversation in the classroom as a teaching method. By asking questions, we can determine if a student is off task and not listening, and we can help students understand a difficult concept.And thoughtful, meaningful engagement in a good discussion is one of the s

Classroom Management for Classical Educators | Training Tips for Teachers

Oct 08 2024 6 mins  
Today's episode is from a short training video produced by Thales Press for classical educators.In this recording, Winston Brady covers three helpful, simple rules (although they are more like “hypothetical scenarios") gleaned from years he taught middle school. Classroom management for classical educators requires a unique mix of leadership principles.Teachers should be patient

Completion vs Accuracy: The Grading of Grades

Sep 11 2024 29 mins  
In a sense, grades shouldn't matter. Learning should be a joyful activity undertaken for its own sake. Grading and assessing can do much to stifle a student's appreciation, curiosity, and wonder. Yet, at the same time, a contemporary school with large classes has few other means to encourage students to do the work and provide feedback on their behavior. After all, grades communica

The Lost Art of Writing Report Card Comments

Sep 03 2024 26 mins  
Dorothy Sayers presented a paper entitled The Lost Tools of Learning at a summer conference at Oxford in 1947. In the paper, she makes a rather astute observation about “end-of-term reports” which should “combine a deep veneration for truth with a tender respect for the feelings of all concerned.” Ms. Sayers’ description of comments is profound. The task of writing report

Paul Cwik and "The Significance of the Austrian School"

Aug 16 2024 52 mins  
Recently, the Mises Club of the Carolinas hosted their annual meet-up at Sugar Mountain, North Carolina. Dr. Paul Cwik of the University of Mount Olive delivered this address looking at the significance of the Austrian School of Economics. Dr. Cwik looked at the assumptions of the Austrian School including its emphasis on human action, individual liberty, and the role of prices in

The Virtue of Prudence: Moral Philosophy & Wise Decisions | Matt Ogle | Conference of Miletus 2024

Aug 01 2024 17 mins  
The virtue of prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues, and yet, it is often overlooked. Prudence is the virtue of making wise, reasoned decisions, absorbing the collected wisdom of the Western canon and applying that wisdom to the situation at hand.In this talk from the Conference of Miletus, Matthew Ogle, Head of Classical Education at Thales Academy, examines the virtue of p

Human Dignity & the Classical Tradition | Winston Brady | Conference of Miletus 2024

Jul 30 2024 15 mins  
Where you begin largely determines where you end. The modern, secular world defines human beings as being basically animals, but often dismisses the conclusions of such an idea. If man is basically an animal, then ideas of human dignity and the value of human life are easily subsumed in the reality of “might makes right.”Such a starting place and ending point are not in the bes

The Western Tradition & Our Intellectual Inheritance | Anthony Esolen | Conference of Miletus 2024

Jul 25 2024 17 mins  
Today, many educators downplay the value of the Western canon. They discount any wisdom or insights one may glean from being steeped in the tradition we have inherited.In this lecture from the Conference of Miletus, Anthony Esolen presents five reasons why teachers ought to teach the great works of the Western tradition and the impact it can have on students at a classical school.O