2022 Workshop Talk | 54:56 | All Grade Levels, Academics & Curriculum, Teacher & Classroom, Virtue, Character, Discipline
Summary
Play is a hallmark of the liberal arts. The Greeks and Romans promoted liberal arts instruction, which is an education uniquely tailored to a free people. Free people are those who know how to play, and to play well. And playful people invariably prove to be the most useful people.
Speaker
Christopher Schlect, PhD, has worked in classical and Christian education for thirty years. Chris is the Director of the Classical and Christian Studies program at New Saint Andrews College, where he also teaches courses in history and classical rhetoric. He has also taught advanced courses in history at Washington State University, he has interpreted historical sites as a ranger for the U.S. National Park Service. Chris has taught many subjects in grades 7 through 12 at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, where he also coached a high-achieving Mock Trial team for 24 years. He now serves classical and Christian schools around the country through his teaching, consulting, and training activities. Chris and his wife, Brenda, have five grown children, all products of a classical and Christian education, as are all their spouses. They have nine delightful grandchildren who remind them of God’s faithfulness.
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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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