Podcast
In the Trenches
Hosted by Joshua Gibbs · ENGLISH
In the Trenches is The Classical Teaching Institute's pedagogy podcast for educators and parents who prefer experience and common sense to theory.
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43episodes
Episodes
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History Class as Time Travel
Sep 800:27:10Tap to summarizeWhat would you ask a Medieval onion farmer? Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Are We Teaching Virtue or Just Talking About It?
Aug 8, 202500:39:44Tap to summarizeShould teachers brag that their students don't know how they vote?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Rethinking Professional Development
Jul 25, 202500:25:32Tap to summarizeStop offering professional development and start incentivizing it. Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →How to Teach a Book All Wrong
Jul 16, 202500:20:48Tap to summarizeThere's a lot of lectures out there on how to teach a book well, but what if you want to teach a book badly?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →A Few Words About Commencement
May 29, 202500:23:51Tap to summarizeWhy is the typical commencement address so dreadfully dull? Joshua Gibbs investigates.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →A School Inside a School
May 14, 202500:23:33Tap to summarizeWhat if classical Christian schools tried harder to accommodate families that are genuinely zealous for classical education?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →A Few Thoughts on Classroom Order
Apr 23, 202500:27:24Tap to summarizeSchool vibes only.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →A Trip to the Museum
Apr 9, 202500:33:09Tap to summarizeHow do you give a bunch of teenagers a "transformative" experience at a museum?This episode is sponsored by the CiRCE Institute's Leisure conference (May 15-16). Register for the conference here: https://circeinstitute.org/events/leisure-the-cultivation-of-the-mind-and-the-soul/Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Cynical About Classical Education?
Apr 2, 202500:31:24Tap to summarizeFirst, what is cynicism?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Lead Me Into Temptation
Mar 12, 202500:18:05Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Joshua Gibbs and Beatrice Gibbs read a dialogue from "A Parley with Youth."Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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