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- Episode 50: On The 50th Attempt to Fix Education
Mr. Miller and Dr. Bourgeois recounting their experience leading informal philosophy groups among high school students.
Musical credit:
"Thinking of You"Steven and Jim Bourgeois
From Thinking of You (2017)
©All rights reserved56 min - Episode 49: On the Philosophy Club
Mr. Miller and Dr. Bourgeois recounting their experience leading informal philosophy groups among high school students.
Musical credit:
"Track 11"Steven Bourgeois
From Out of the Darkness (2004)
©All rights reserved49 min - Episode 48: On Sanitizing the Classroom
Mr. Miller and Dr. Bourgeois discuss challenges to classroom speech and a tendency to shield the classroom space from difficult conversations.
Musical Credit:
Steven Bourgeois Piano Improv July 24 2021a
©2021 All rights reserved52 min - Episode 47: Book Launch
Mr. Miller and Dr. Bourgeois raise a glass to celebrate the release of their new book: The Center Cannot Hold: A Critical Look at Contemporary Education . . . available now on Amazon.com . . . click here to order . . .
Musical credit:
"My Shining Hour"Steven Bourgeois (piano) and Jim Bourgeois (electric piano)
From Thinking of You
©2017 All rights reserved49 min - Episode 46: On Mentors
Mr. Miller and Dr. Bourgeois reflect on mentors who guided them through their respective teaching careers.
Musical credit:
"Thinking of Your"Steven Bourgeois (piano) and Jim Bourgeois (electric piano)
From Thinking of You
©2017 All rights reserved47 min - Episode 45: European Travel Part 2
Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller continue with the escapades, capping off their European journey.
Musical credit:
"La vie en rose"Steven Bourgeois
From Presence (2005)
©2017 All rights reserved51 min - Episode 44: European Travel Part 1
Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller provide playful banter as they travel through Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
Musical credit:
"Blithe and Bonny"Steven Bourgeois
From Presence (2005)
©2017 All rights reserved48 min - Episode 43: On Student Exchanges
Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller reflect on previous student exchange programs, highlighting the benefits and challenges.
Musical credit:
"Everything Happens to Me"
Steven Bourgeois (piano) and Jim Bourgeois (electric piano)
From Thinking of You
©2017 All rights reserved49 min - Episode 42 On Tutoring and Videos for Advanced Placement Tests
Mr. Miller and Dr. Bourgeois weigh the costs and benefits of Advanced Placement courses, tutoring, and test prep.
Musical credit:
"Exit"Steven Bourgeois
From Out of the Darkness40 min - Episode 41: Preliminary Thoughts on the End of the School Year
Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller make preliminary comments on how school years eventually end.
Musical credit:
"Thinking of Your"Steven Bourgeois (piano) and Jim Bourgeois (electric piano)
From Thinking of You
©2017 All rights reserved36 min
About The Old School
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Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge "best practices" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil…
Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”