The Purpose of Education
To paraphrase the great writer Victor Hugo, if I was merely teaching to the test, I’d break my pencil and throw it away. Education is …
Philosophy
ReasonRX Podcast Episode 56 Assistant Scoutmaster Hans Schantz on How Principles of Scouting Can Help Schools, Homeschoolers, Teams, and Companies
Show description: “Assistant Scoutmaster Hans Schantz joins us to discuss ways to better teach, educate, and manage children and teens. We discuss:-Hans’ experience and background …
Logic is Fundamental
Reading is useless unless you think well — i.e., think logically — and have a fundamental commitment to truth and reality.
ReasonRx Podcast Episode 55 James Lennox, PhD Philosophy, on the Importance of Philosophy to Science and Education
Show description: “In this episode, James Lennox, PhD Philosophy, joins us to discuss:-running and fitness-Dr. Lennox’s academic background-why you should study science from a historical …
Logical Hierarchy Is Essential
We must have solid ground, whether for running, learning, or thinking. If we run off it, we fail.
CCERP Podcast Episode 36 Fitness Expert Danny Clark on Mindfulness and Appreciating Nature
Show description: “Today, movement/fitness expert Danny Clark joins us to talk about the mental side of fitness/movement and being outdoors. This was a fascinating discussion. …
ReasonRX Podcast Episode 54 Award-winning Teacher Scott Harris on The 3Rs, Reason, and Racism
In this episode, Scott and Michael discuss:-current events and recent public letters to some private high schools-some ideas about racism and attempts to deal with …
Aristotle on Loving Biology
Among the substantial beings constituted by nature, some are ungenerated and imperishable throughout all eternity [stuff in the heavens, the stars and planets, the celestial], …
ReasonRX Podcast Episode 52 Education, Logic, Language, and Blake’s The Tyger
In this episode, we discuss logic — but couched in writing an essay about William Blake’s poem The Tyger, which I actually helped a student …