Teaching the Classics for Teacher Development?

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  • April 8, 2014 at 9:26 pm
    Tristan
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    Hi everyone!  I’m looking at doing my own ‘teacher development’ and came across the Teaching the Classics DVD seminar by Adam Andrews.  Has anyone watched it or used any of their products? I would love to know what you’ve tried and what you thought of it. 

    I’ve done many of the SCM dvd seminars and love them.  I’m considering the newest one that is yet to be released, but I already own the All Day CM Seminar and Books and Things, so I’m not sure if I’ll invest in the new series this year or not. 

    Are there any other ‘teacher development’ seminars/dvds/books you’ve read and enjoyed personally? 

    April 8, 2014 at 10:58 pm
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I’ve never heard of the seminar series you mentioned. So I can’t help with that. Have you watched any of the Ambleside School International videos? They are free. There are some of them that I’ve watched several times. 🙂

    Personally, I think it would be neat to have a discussion group for Charlotte Mason’s education series. 🙂

    April 8, 2014 at 11:03 pm
    Tristan
    Participant

    Thank you Mrs. K, I’ll add those to my list!

    April 9, 2014 at 1:04 am
    Mysterious Lady in Pink
    Participant

    I have watched the Teaching the Classics seminar on DVD you mentioned (maybe 3..no wait, 6 years ago?? time flies). I have to say I really got a lot out of it. The whole story-sequence chart is something I am able to use with my younger kiddos and it really helped me get ideas for how to talk about books in a more meaningful way with my kids. I love how he takes you through the lessons using children’s classics — Peter Rabbit, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Casey at Bat poem, a chapter from Tom Sawyer…this is from memory, so I can’t recall what else.

    The study guide that goes along with the DVD could probably stand alone if someone is looking to save money, but the DVD component is nice depending on your learning style and certainly could be fun if you watch with some others and pause to discuss (the DVD is set up as an live discussion of him leading a small handful of moms through a discussion of the principles). The study guide includes a valuable section of “socratic questions” for lit discussion. Some are very basic, others more meaty, but all are generic and can be applied to many books. 

    I think the thing that made this seminar the most meaningful for me is that it wasn’t just a study guide for this book or that book (I’m not a fan of those), but principles and thought proccesses that can be applied to all literature. Recognizing themes, plot structure, conflict, character analysis, etc. It opens the door to discuss and validate various opinions and viewpoints, rather than trying to force a certain “right” interpretation on a work. 

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