Resilience in a Coddling Society
10/31/21 • 18 min
Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading.
In today's episode, Kolby takes wisdom from a recent book he read, The Coddling of the American Mind, by Lukianoff and Haidt, and challenges us as parents and educations on how to overcome the three great untruths of our society today: what doesn't kill you, makes you weaker, always trust your feelings, and life is a battle of us versus them. Kolby finds passages in the Bible that strengthen the argument that we need to train our children to be challenged in order to become resilient.
Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading.
In today's episode, Kolby takes wisdom from a recent book he read, The Coddling of the American Mind, by Lukianoff and Haidt, and challenges us as parents and educations on how to overcome the three great untruths of our society today: what doesn't kill you, makes you weaker, always trust your feelings, and life is a battle of us versus them. Kolby finds passages in the Bible that strengthen the argument that we need to train our children to be challenged in order to become resilient.
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Cultivating a Discipline of Study
Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading.
In today's episode, Kolby provides insights on how to cultivate the discipline of study in and out of the classroom. He challenges us that technology is not the issue but the ease of access to amusement, and then offers suggestions on how to move away from amusement to study. Kolby provides a foundation for this approach in the Bible.
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Fostering Grit through Charlotte Mason's Practice of Habit Training
Welcome to the Educational Renaissance podcast, where we promote a rebirth of ancient wisdom for the modern era. We seek to inspire educators by fusing the best of modern research with the insights of the great philosophers of education. Join us in the great conversation and share with a friend or colleague to keep the renaissance spreading.
In today's episode, Kolby explores how to cultivate "grit" in students through habits, "... the railways of the good life" (Charlotte Mason). He explores what grit means and discusses the true meaning of "practice makes perfect" and also its opposite, what happens when one practices imperfectly. Kolby concludes with some practical advice to apply habit training in the classroom through three steps: clarify your expectations, cast vision for the worthiness of the work, and support them throughout.
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