Tag: mind
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The Soul of Education, Part 6: St. Augustine and the Incorporeal Ascent
In this series, we have been analyzing the views of the soul in the great thinkers and philosophies of the western tradition. Our working thesis is that our anthropology will inform our pedagogy, even and perhaps especially when we are unaware of our philosophical assumptions, which are often a jumbled up mess. Like an attic…
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Love the Lord Your God With All Your Mind
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your…
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What is a Learner?: Reading Charlotte Mason through Aristotle’s Four Causes
The goals and aims of our educational renewal movement center not on the quality of our curriculum or the quality of our teacher. Instead, the quality of learning is the true test of whether we are providing something of lasting value and worth. To that end, I have taken a look at the learner and…
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Human Development, Part 1: What Do You Have in Mind?
A sound pedagogy requires a good understanding of anthropology (the study of human beings including our nature, our biology, our behavior and our social patterns) and of epistemology (the study of the nature of knowledge and how humans experience and acquire knowledge). One way these key areas of study (anthropology and epistemology) converge pertains to…