2024 Workshop Talk | | Literature
Summary
Poetry is not just about content. Poetry is also an effective, but rarely used, pedagogical tool to help students improve writing, thinking, and imagination. This workshop will explore how teachers can utilize poetry in each of the three columns of teaching (facts, skills, ideas) proposed by Mortimer Adler.
Speaker
Dr. Kyle Rapinchuk is Head of School at Sager Classical Academy in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. In 2017, Kyle founded The Classical Thistle, a website devoted to promoting classical Christian education in a 21st century context. Through The Classical Thistle, Kyle writes and publishes articles and resources on classical Christian education, as well as co-organizing an annual conference with School of the Ozarks for the past six years. In 2023, Kyle and his family—wife (Kristin) and three children (Karis, Anastacia, and Aviel)—also founded The Greenhouse: A Mere Christian Community, an intentionally inter-denominational ministry that exists to help men, women, and children embrace the historic Christian faith, grow up in Christ, and live out the Christian faith in generative ways that provide a broken world glimpses of the kingdom of God as it will one day be in its fullness. Kyle has more than 12 years of experience in the classroom, 11 years of vocational collegiate ministry experience, and has spoken at numerous professional and educational conferences and teacher trainings. Kyle has a B.A. in English from College of the Ozarks, an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Biblical Studies—Old Testament from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (now Gateway Seminary).
kyle.rapinchuk@sageracademy.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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