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February 7, 2024:


Panelists:
Dr. Christopher Schlect
Dr. David Diener
Dr. Andrew Selby

Moderator:
Bryan Lynch

This webinar follows up on a remarkable scholarly event: in the summer of 2023 at the Repairing the Ruins Conference, Dr. Christopher Schlect led a scholarly exchange and critique of Dorothy Sayers’ educational insights regarding her famous lecture, “The Lost Tools of Learning.” The presentation was moderated by Bryan Lynch, and the topics were as follows:

  • Christopher Schlect on “The Grammar of My Morning Coffee”
  • David Diener on “The Reduction of Classical Education to Method”
  • Andrew Selby on “Figuring Out the Quadrivium: Math and Science Education in Sayers and the Classical Tradition.”

The entire panel discussion was published in the Fall 2023 issue of Classis (Vol. 31.1), as well as their further responses to each other’s position. This webinar seeks to provide a different opportunity: a space for that same panel to take questions from you, the audience. Join us as we seek to better understand the “Lost Tools of Learning.” Bryan Lynch will once again serve as moderator. We look forward to having you take part in the conversation!

Chris, David, Andrew, and Bryan are members of the ACCS Commission on Standards for Accreditation, of which Chris is the Chairman.

Dr. Chris Schlect

Senior Fellow of History at New Saint Andrews College, Chair, ACCS Commission on Standards of Accreditation

Christopher Schlect, PhD, has worked in classical and Christian education for over thirty years. He is Senior Fellow of History at New Saint Andrews College, where he also serves as Head of Humanities and Director of the college’s graduate program in classical and Christian studies. At NSA he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in history and historiography, education, and classical rhetoric, among other subjects. Schlect has also taught history at Washington State University and presently serves on the faculty of Gordon College’s Classical Graduate Leadership program. In addition to his work at the collegiate level, Schlect has decades of experience as a high school teacher and Mock Trial coach. He serves classical and Christian schools around the country through his consulting and teacher training activities. He and his wife, Brenda, have five grown children—all products of a classical and Christian education, as are their children’s spouses—and the number of their grandchildren continues to grow.

 

Dr. David Diener

Assistant Professor of Education, Hillsdale College; Member, ACCS Commission on Standards for Accreditation

Dr. David Diener works at Hillsdale College where he is an Assistant Professor of Education. Previously he spent fifteen years in K-12 private education, eleven of those in administration and eight as headmaster of classical Christian schools. He also is a Fellow on the Alcuin Fellowship National Council and Director of the Alcuin Fellowship Midwest Chapter, serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Classical Learning and the Board of Academic Advisors for the Classic Learning Test, is a member of the National Council of Classical Educators, and offers consulting services through Classical Academic Press. He is the author of Plato: The Great Philosopher-Educator and has published articles on Plato, Kierkegaard, and various topics in philosophy of education. He also serves as the series editor for Classical Academic Press’ series Giants in the History of Education and is an associate editor for the journal Principia: a Journal of Classical Education. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Ancient Languages from Wheaton College as well as an MA in Philosophy, an MS in History and Philosophy of Education, and a dual PhD in Philosophy and Philosophy of Education from Indiana University.

 

Dr. Andrew Selby

Faculty, Trinity Classical Academy; Member, ACCS Commission on Standards for Accreditation

Andrew Selby has taught classically for over a decade and currently plies his trade at Trinity Classical Academy. He has a B.A. from Biola University where he studied Great Books at the Torrey Honors College, an M.A. in Historical Theology from University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Religion from Baylor University. In 2020, he published his dissertation with Gorgias Press: Ambrose of Milan’s On the Holy Spirit: Rhetoric, Theology, and Sources. He has taught students from grade 5 through post-graduate in subjects such as Latin, rhetoric, composition, logic, history, literature, philosophy, Bible, and theology. He has also conducted teacher training in classical pedagogy and curriculum. Andrew and his wife, Malea, live in the hills of Santa Clarita, California, with their five children.

 

Bryan Lynch

Academic Dean, Veritas School; Member, ACCS Commission on Standards for Accreditation

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