Description
With topics ranging from true masculinity to how to teach poetry, Mark A. Signorelli speaks with wit and wisdom—and his gloves off. Whether you are a schoolteacher, an administrator, a homeschooling parent, or a student of the liberal arts, this work will challenge your presuppositions, reveal your blind spots, and invite you into a renewed understanding of classical education.
I. Theoria: The Idea of Classical Education
What Makes Classical Education Different?
What Lies Beneath
Arts and Sciences in the Classical School
What Does the Classical in Classical Education Mean?
At Work or at Play?
Doing Things Badly and the Good That Comes of It
II. The Liberal Arts Tradition Today
A More Abundant Life
The Study of the Uniquely Human
Coherence and Comprehension
Whose Tradition? Which Western Civilization?
More Uses and Abuses of History
III. Classical Education and Child Development
The Trauma of Maturation
The Univocity of Growth
At the Center of Education
Affirming Our Children to Death
Culture and the Crisis of Young Men
A Secret Vigilance
IV. The Place of the Classical School in Society
Is Classical Education for Everyone?
Gather Them in
Classical Schools Must Train a New Elite
Failed Schools, Failed States
The AI Apocalypse: What the Advent of Artificial Intelligence Really Means for Our Schools
The New Red Beast: How the Changing Nature of War Has Affected Education
V. Classical Pedagogy
Order: The Precondition of Learning
The Place of Lecture in a Classical Classroom
Life is in the Whole
To Imagine What We Know
Some Guidance for Seminar Leadership
Rising to the Challenge of Poetry
VI. Classical Approaches to Writing Instruction
Down With the Research Paper
Some Principles of a Classical Writing Program
Assessment Ideas for a Classical Literature Class
In Praise of Subordinate Clauses
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