In the Trenches

By Joshua GibbsEducation

In the Trenches episodes

November 04 The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Chapter 7
After a long hiatus, The Death of Ivan Ilyich resumes.

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38 min
October 28 Classical Science Pedagogy with Ken Hosier
How do you teach science classically? Should science be fun? Is the baking soda volcano actually science? TCTI fellow Ken Hoser has the answers.

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32 min
October 21 What Do We Mean When We Say Classical Education Makes Us “More Fully Human?”
It has become a cliche to say that classical education makes us "more fully human." Can the idea be rescued from cliche status? Joshua Gibbs gives it the old college try.

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33 min
October 01 How to Ruin Classic Literature
5 methods for teaching a classic text that will ensure your students never want to touch it again.

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34 min
September 21 An Unconventional Defense of Latin
The most common answers for "Why study Latin?" aren't necessarily the real answers.

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32 min
September 08 A Review of Justin Whitmel Earley's "Habits of the Household"
A look at a book that has been making the rounds in classical Christian circles for a few years now.

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42 min
July 04 A Man Should Collect Something
Baseball cards, books, bottle caps: ruminations on the very human impulse to collect things.

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41 min
June 04 What Graduates of Classical Schools Don’t Understand About College
Doing well in high school can, and I know this is going to sound strange, set you up for failure in college.

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27 min
May 19 Cowardice in Peacetime
Courage and cowardice are possible in the office.

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21 min
May 13 A Review of John Milton Gregory's The Seven Laws of Teaching
Almost nobody has read this book recently.

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22 min