The Educational Renaissance Podcast

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In this week's episode Patrick Egan is joined by Jason Barney and Kolby Atchison to dive into the concept of desirable difficulties. Modern research has shown that an optimal learning environment presents students with an appropriate level of challenge. Gain insights from recent work from evidence-based performance psychology that is well-informed by practices from the classical era. Take a deeper dive into training resources produced by Educational Renaissance. Read the recently published A Short History of Narration on our Educational Renaissance Books page.

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In this week's episode Kolby Atchison is joined by Jason Barney and Patrick Egan to explore intellectual virtues. It's a philosophical discussion with Jason breaking down the distinction between Aristotle's moral and intellectual virtues, and Patrick bringing forward the modern discussion of intellectual virtues in light of post-enlightenment reasoning. Take a deeper dive into training resources produced by Educational Renaissance. Read the recently published A Short History of Narration on our Educational Renaissance Books page.

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In this week's episode Jason Barney is joined by Kolby Atchison and Patrick Egan to dive into nature study. Learn more about the philosophy behind nature study as well as practical tips for how to lead nature study in your classroom or school. Take a deeper dive into training resources produced by Educational Renaissance. Visit the on-demand webinar page to download tools to take your craft of teaching to the next level.

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In this week's episode Patrick Egan is joined by Kolby Atchison and Jason Barney to discuss how we cultivate virtue in young children during their years in early education. Take a deeper dive into training resources produced by Educational Renaissance. Visit the on-demand webinar page to download tools to take your craft of teaching to the next level.

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. In this week's episode Dr. Patrick Egan talks about "Charlotte Mason's Practice of Habit Training." From his talk at the 2021 SCL Conference in Charleston, SC, he shares the concept of habit training and suggests ways in which to make it a part of your classroom's curriculum. Dr. Egan shares examples of best practices and stories of how he used habit training to create "the perfect classroom." As a reminder, Educational Renaissance has a bookstore now, you can purchase the books discussed here through this link: The Educational Renaissance Bookstore • Educational Renaissance Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. Today's episode is a webinar with Jason Barney about "Narration as Progrymnasmata". He shares the value of having narration as part of a school's curriculum and offers examples of what this could look like. When Jason has the conference participants pause, feel free to pause for a couple minutes and reflect as well. As a reminder, Educational Renaissance has a bookstore now, you can purchase the books discussed here through this link: The Educational Renaissance Bookstore • Educational Renaissance Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. Today's episode is a webinar with Jason Barney about "Cultivating the Joy of Learning" and is based on his book of the same name. He shares 5 approach you can take to create joy and touches on how to create flow in the classroom. When Jason has the conference participants pause, feel free to pause for a couple minutes and reflect as well. As a reminder, Educational Renaissance has a bookstore now, you can purchase the books discussed here through this link: The Educational Renaissance Bookstore • Educational Renaissance Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. Today's episode is a follow-up webinar to a conference talk Jason Barney gave about "The What and Why of Narration." He recaps why he feels narration deserves a place in how we teach in the classroom and then shares some methods of how to implement narration in the classroom. When Jason has the conference participants pause, feel free to pause for a couple minutes and reflect as well. As a reminder, Educational Renaissance has a bookstore now, you can purchase the books discussed here through this link: The Educational Renaissance Bookstore • Educational Renaissance Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

elcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. Today's episode is a recording of a conference talk Kolby Atchison gave about "Promoting Self-Education". He breaks the talk into three sections: (1) what is self-education; (2) what is self-education in a Christian world view context; and (3) what are some practical tips for promoting self-education in the classroom. As a reminder, Educational Renaissance has a bookstore now, you can purchase the books discussed here through this link: The Educational Renaissance Bookstore • Educational Renaissance Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading. Today's episode is a recording of a conference talk Jason Barney gave about "The What and Why of Narration". He shares the three reasons why he feels narration deserves a place in how we teach in the classroom. When Jason has the conference participants pause, feel free to pause for a couple minutes and reflect as well. As a reminder, Educational Renaissance has a bookstore now, you can purchase the books discussed here through this link: The Educational Renaissance Bookstore • Educational Renaissance Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music