Classical Teaching Flashcards
What are the permanent things?
Truth, beauty, goodness
What is on our crest?
Veritas vos liberabit
The truth will set you free
What is our mission/our statement of purpose?
Our mission is to provide students with a Christ-centered and classical education which emphasizes academic excellence in the liberal arts.
When we say Christ centered what do we mean?
We teach all subjects as part of an integrated whole with the Scriptures at the center.
We seek to provide a clear model of biblical Christian life through our staff and Board of Directors.
We encourage every child to begin and develop his relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ.
When we say classical what do we mean?
We emphasize grammar, logic and rhetoric in all subjects.
We encourage every student to develop a love for learning and to live up to his or her academic potential.
We provide an orderly atmosphere to facilitate the accomplishment of these goals.
What has modern education failed to do?
Teach them how to think; the art of learning
What are the three parts of the trivium?
Grammar, dialectic (logic), rhetoric
What is the purpose of the trivium?
Teach kids the proper use of the tools of learning before applying them to various subjects
Describe grammar
Language, structure of language, how it’s put together and how it works
Describe dialectic (logic)
How to use language, how to define terms and make accurate statements, how to construct an argument and detect fallacies
Describe rhetoric
How to express himself in language, how to say it elegantly and persuasively
What are the three states of development?
Poll-parrot, pert, poetic
What is the poll-parrot stage?
Learning by heart is easy and fun
What is the pert stage?
Contradicting, answering back, catching faults
What is the poetic stage?
Yearns to express self, restless, tries for independence, beginning of creativeness
What is the best grounding for education?
Latin grammar
In the first stage, grammar, the master faculties are _ and _, and to exercise that was _.
Observation
Memory
Latin grammar
In the second stage, dialectic or _, the master faculties are _ and _, and to exercise that was _.
Logic
Discursive reason
Formal logic