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Repetition Is the Mother of Memory: The Permanent Learning of Petition
In this episode, I describe Repetitio Mater Memoriae, noting that repetition can be a delightful activity of repeatedly seeking and experiencing the…
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Christopher Perrin
11:59
The Best Teacher (or Friend) is a Good Book
The Pedagogical Maxim of Bibliographic Amity
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March 2024

Multum non Multa: The Pedagogical Principle of Going Deep
In this episode, I describe the ways that teaching a few things deeply and well accelerates learning much better than by superficially covering or…
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Christopher Perrin
16:29
Festina Lente (Make Haste Slowly): The Pedagogical Maxim of Mastering Each Step
In this episode, I retrieve and describe one of the most essential pedagogical principles every teacher should employ--the art of going farther and…
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Christopher Perrin
14:15

February 2024

John Henry Newman and True Education
In this episode, I summarize Newman on what the grand goal of education truly is–“the perfection of the intellect.”
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Christopher Perrin
19:18
Education for the Next Life
Basil the Great on Sacred Scholé
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5
Repetition is the Mother of Memory
How Engaging Review Makes Learning Last
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Much not Many: The Pedagogical Principle of Going Deep
Why Too Much Teaching Spoils Teaching
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December 2023

Cutting School: Why Classical Schools Fragment Education and Turn Learning into Subjects
In this episode, I lament the ways that classical schools, like progressives schools, regularly "cut up" the curriculum into too many disconnected…
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Christopher Perrin
13:26
2

November 2023

Piling It On: Why Classical Schools Have Too Many Periods and Teach Too Many Subjects
In this episode, I explain the why classical schools still retain elements of their progressive counterparts and simply try to teach too much.
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Christopher Perrin
13:26
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Make Haste Slowly or Festina Lente
Why Slow Can Be Fast in Education
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John Henry Newman on True Education
Can What Newman Did in the 19th Century Be Done in the 21st?
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