Workshop Talk | | Academics & Curriculum, Philosophy
Summary
Using Plato’s allegory of the cave as a beautiful metaphor for classical education, we will be challenged as educators to “ascend the shadows” of curricular and pedagogical choices. Are we simply “naming shadows” by focusing on memorization and rapid recall? Are we leading students upward and past the shadows in pursuit of knowledge, virtue, and wisdom? This workshop is intended for all grade levels and may be particularly helpful for collaborative schools who share instructional responsibilities.
Speaker
Jean Auxier is the Dean of Faculty and Curriculum at Faith Christian Academy (Kansas City, Missouri), where she has served for twenty years and currently oversees forty-three faculty members.
Her teaching experience at FCA includes seventh grade humanities (currently), 3rd grade, and KG. Her passion is to rightly and deeply understand classical education and help others do the same. In 2022, Jean received the Herzog Foundation Teacher of Year Award.
auxierj@fcaclassical.com
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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