Agony and Education Flashcards
What happens to the students who have internalized the skills and intentions of eloquentia perfecta?
Students who have internalized the skills and intentions of eloquentia perfecta can move beyond the mere capacity to be wise consumers of information.
What do students who have internalized the skills and intentions of eloquentia perfecta hope for?
Hopes new emphasis can recover the “publicness” of learning, ‘the idea of agonizing or rivalry or connection as generative of knowledge.
It is not just the fruit of contending arguments and ideas
Active Learning
In Greek it means “struggle” or “fight”
Argon
What is the other meaning of Argon?
Argon also means “gathering” or “assembly”
“To___ with someone is to be in ____ with them.”
- Paul Lynch
“To argue with someone is to be in community with them.”
- Paul Lynch
What worries Mr. Lynch in contemporary public discourse?
He worries that in contemporary public discourse, what retain is “all the struggling and the fighting with none of togetherness.”
What is critical for young ones according to Mr. Lynch?
It is critical for young ones to learn how to contend over ideas on how to conduct themselves in disagreement without sacrificing the community.
What does a 3rd year Eloquentia seminar look like?
Third-year looming on the horizon
Fordham has begun to develop rubrics - for evaluating the success of its restoration
What are the positive results from the Sophomores?
+ They felt their writing improved
+ They felt more prepared to speak in class
+ They felt more prepared to read assignments - to be ready in class
Who said “The program allowed me to become comfortable with being uncomfortable”?
Walter Johnson
What did Mr. Johnson referred to which is a blessing for him?
Getting use to writing in his first semester
What does a 4th year Eloquentia seminar look like?
Fourth-year Values
- focuses on integrating what the students have learned and the skills they have developed with contemporary moral issues.
What does a graduate of E.P. class look like according to Ms. Mannion?
+ They should be as articulate and good critical thinker as they were taught to.
+ A degree of moral and ethical sensitiveness and ideal sense
+ A degree of spiritual development
+ They should be the product of Jesuit education.
