SS #05: Balancing Work and Wonder (with Ravi Jain)

In today’s episode, Pam and I have a great conversation with Ravi Jain, co-author of The Liberal Arts Tradition, on the subject of balancing work with wonder. How do both of those fit together? What happens when our students seem to have lost the wonder? What if we seem to have lost the wonder? Ravi had some great thoughts on this.

We also discussed piety in our Nitty Gritty Homeschool question – in The Liberal Arts Tradition, we’re told that piety is the foundation of learning. What are some practical ways to nurture and build it? We discuss all these questions and more in today’s episode!

 

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Show Notes:

• Scholé RDA
  • Pam:
    • Raising Kids Who Read by Daniel Willingham
    •  Why Don’t Students Like School? by Daniel Willingham (also mentioned)
  • Brandy:
    •  John Milton: Classical Learning and the Progress of Virtue by Grant Horner
  • Ravi:
    •  Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
    •  Faith, Hope, Love by Josef Pieper (also mentioned)
    •  Only the Lover Sings by Josef Pieper (also mentioned)

 

• Topical Discussion: Balancing Work and Wonder

  

  • The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
  • Kate Snow’s blog: Kate’s Homeschool Math Help
  • Pam’s Your Morning Basket Interview with Kate Snow (coming soon)
  • Tessalations
  • Fractals
  • MEP Mathematics
  • Dr. Chris Perrin
  • Vi Hart Videos on YouTube

 

• Nitty Gritty Homeschool Question
  • The Liberal Arts Tree (history of the tree)

 

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