The Patriot

At Covenant Academy, we often say that the teachers are the school. Here is a poem expressing that idea.

Check out James Daniels’ blog post Liberal Arts and Servile Arts.

What would happen if one of the world’s greatest violinists dressed in street clothes and played for tips inside a subway station? The Washington Post staged such an experiment about two years ago. They asked Joshua Bell to play at L’Enfant Plaza during rush hour. Hardly anyone noticed. He made $32.17 in 43 minutes of playing.  Nobody expected to hear a great violinist that morning, so they didn’t.

The Washington Post article about the experiment, Pearls Before Breakfast, includes videos of Bell’s performance taken from a hidden camera.

Sometimes its better to start and the end and work your way back to the beginning. This may be easier for the student and the teacher, but more work for the course designer. See this blog post for an explanation.

Novel approaches to sequences of learning

James Daniels has a blog post this morning about children and metaphors. He points out that we often underestimate how well children can think abstractly just because they express themselves concretely. Metaphors are important because they connect abstract thought and concrete expression.