Ever since I was a kid I’ve had a fascination with the causes of historical change. Is it great men and women that change the world, or is it the world that produces great men and women? Was Thomas Carlyle right with his Romantic view when he said: “The history of the world is but …
I am increasingly amazed at the power of classical modes of instruction to enable students and even teachers to better understand ideas. During yesterday’s apprenticeship phone call, Buck Holler, an apprentice from Geneva School of Manhatten, described how a kindergarten teacher applied the mimetic mode to guide her kindergarten students to understand what a polygon …
