Ask Andrew

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode Andrew answers a question about cosmology and its importance within the classical paradigm and the classical Christian classroom. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode Andrew discusses the ideals that all really good classical school (and/or other academic programs) embody - and what to look for in a school for you kids.Remember: subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode Andrew discusses the concept of the "ideal type," it's role in teaching/reading, and whether it leads to moralizing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew discusses why CiRCE named the annual Paideia Prize after Russell Kirk. For more on Russell Kirk checkout Russell Kirk Week at formajournal.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his refections on the challenges of acquiring a classical education as an adult, focusing in particular in this episode on how to take the next steps once you've set your goals, identified some definitions, and are ready to move forward. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his refections on the challenges of acquiring a classical education as an adult, focusing in particular in this episode on how to pursue a deeper understanding of the definitions of classical education. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his refections on the challenges of acquiring a classical education as an adult, focusing in particular in this episode on how to pursue and meet the goals you have set for yourself. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his refections on the challenges of acquiring a classical education as an adult, with a particular emphasis on setting goals for that study. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. Back after a summer hiatus, in this episode Andrew discusses some ideas for acquiring the classical education you didn't receive as a young person. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew talks some more about the idea of "adequacy" - sometimes described as sufficiency - in education. In particular he contemplates the idea that a tool must be sufficient for it's purpose and what that means for our teaching. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew further contemplates the idea of "truth-fishing" - this time focusing on the tools for Truth perception and how they can be passed on to our students. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew answers a question about the idea of "truth-fishing" - a phrase he often uses (borrowing from Dante) to discuss the art of teaching and learning. This episode is brought to you by IEW and their 100% lifetime guarantee. Learn more at IEW.COM. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew answers a question about the preeminent role of astronomy (and the study of cosmology) in the quadrivium, and thus in a traditional classical education. This episode is brought to you by IEW and their 100% lifetime guarantee. Learn more at IEW.COM. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his contemplation of assessment by discussing the importance of joy, embodiment, and harmony in assessment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his contemplation of assessment by focusing on best practices for assessing ideas - a more abstract and difficult part of teaching well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew continues his contemplation of assessment by focusing on best practices for assessing skills. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning.In this episode, Andrew is joined by CiRCE friend, Heidi White, of the Journey School in Colorado (and a CiRCE conference speaker), to discuss whether you need to love a subject to teach it well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning.In this episode, Andrew continues his contemplation on the nature of assessment, offering some thoughts on the principles of a quality assessment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning.In this episode, Andrew contemplates the nature of assessment, offering some thoughts on the principles of a quality assessment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning.In this episode, Andrew contemplates the nature of assessment, answering the age-old question, "what does a truly classical assessment look like?" Join the contemplation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.