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The Thales Press Podcast offers lectures and seminars on the Great Books of a Classical education to help edify, encourage, and empower students to take on the challenges of the modern world.

Developing Classical Thinkers

  • Jan 12, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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Socratic Practice in Art, Music, and Physical Fitness

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 41:55


Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in art, music, and physical fitness classrooms. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

Socratic Practice in Math

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 29:08


Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in math classrooms. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

Socratic Practice in Trivium

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 39:46


Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in trivium classrooms. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

Socratic Practice in Science

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 17:26


Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in science classrooms. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

Socratic Practice in Foreign Language

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 38:59


Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in foreign languages with a particular focus on Latin and Spanish. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

Socratic Practice in History and English

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 19:12


Michael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in history and literature by examining a text written by Marie Curie. If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY

Socratic Praxis

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 54:07


A training session from Winston Brady, Dean of Students at Thales, how to set up and conduct a Socratic seminar.

C.S. Lewis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 103:11


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines "The Abolition of Man" by C.S. Lewis.

John Dewey

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 82:14


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of John Dewey.

Sigmund Freud

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 61:58


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of Sigmund Freud.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 106:08


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Darwin and Darwinism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 67:49


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of the British naturalist Charles Darwin.

Marx and Marxism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 84:26


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and political philosophy of Karl Marx.

Enlightenment Political Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 85:50


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and other significant writers during the European Enlightenment.

Enlightenment Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 72:20


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the major philosophers of the Enlightenment.

British Empiricism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 28:23


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.

The Scientific Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 70:20


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Scientific Revolution and the writings of Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes.

The Reformation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 96:19


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Reformation and the writings of Martin Luther, Erasmus, and John Calvin.

The Renaissance

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 79:59


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Renaissance and the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.

The Middle Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 86:56


Winston Brady, Curriculum Adviser at Thales Academy, provides an overview of the Middle Ages and an analysis of the works of Thomas Aquinas and Dante Alighieri.

The Early Church

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 82:27


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides an overview of the Church Fathers, the history of the early church, and the contributions of Christian thinkers to a Classical education.

The New Testament

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2019 74:02


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides the historical background of the New Testament and its importance of the NT to a Classical education.

Roman Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 57:41


Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on Virgil's great epic, "The Aeneid."

The Works of Aristotle

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 58:49


Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the life and philosophical works of Aristotle.

The Dialogues of Plato

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 62:29


Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on everything you need to know about the dialogues of Plato.

Thucydides

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 62:07


Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the major episodes of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War."

Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 60:27


Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the important literary features of Sophocles' classic play "Oedipus Rex."

Herodotus' "Histories"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 66:26


Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the important literary features of Herodotus' "Histories."

Jon Stewart, "The Works of Homer"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 72:04


Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides an overview of the historical and literary background of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."

Ivan Spencer, "The Works of Homer"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 63:20


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a historical and literary analysis on "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."

The Old Testament

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 57:20


Dr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a historical and literary analysis on the Old Testament.

Gilgamesh

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 60:34


Dr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the ancient Sumerian poem, "The Epic of Gilgamesh."

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