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The Ask Andrew Podcast features weekly reflections on the purpose and nature of classical education from Andrew Kern, author of Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping American, and President of the CiRCE Institute. Each week Andrew will tackle a key idea, term, or theme in classical education, briefly defining it and explaining its purpose and place within classical pedagogy.

What is the classical pedagogy? 02/14/2018

What is the classical pedagogy? Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew and Karen answer the question, "what is the classical pedagogy?" /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6260878

What is the Classical Curriculum? 02/08/2018

What is the Classical Curriculum? Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew and Karen answer the question, "what is the classical curriculum?" /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6240823

Why did Dorothy Sayers' interpretation of the trivium become so popular? 01/31/2018

Why did Dorothy Sayers' interpretation of the trivium become so popular? Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew (and a special guest) discuss the reasons why Dorothy Sayer's interpretation of the trivium has become so popular and influential. /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6210286

What is Wisdom (and how is it cultivated)? 01/24/2018

What is Wisdom (and how is it cultivated)? Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew defines "wisdom" and reflects on the ways that it is cultivated. /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6184493

What is Virtue (and how is it cultivated)? 01/18/2018

What is Virtue (and how is it cultivated)? Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew defines "virtue" and reflects on the ways that it is cultivated. /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6164233

What does classical education have to do with "knowing, glorifying, and enjoying God"? 01/03/2018

What does classical education have to do with "knowing, glorifying, and enjoying God"? Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode, Andrew contemplates what classical education has to do with "knowing, glorifying, and enjoying God." /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6112215

Why Are the Liberal Arts So Important? 12/20/2017

Why Are the Liberal Arts So Important? Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. Here in episode six, Andrew explores some of the reasons why the liberal arts are so important. /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6076003

Ask Andrew Ep. 5: What does it mean to say that our children are imitations? 12/14/2017

Ask Andrew Ep. 5: What does it mean to say that our children are imitations? Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. Here in episode five, Andrew explores the myriad ways imitation is key to education - both in the ways our children are imitations, and in the way we teach them to imitate. /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6047155

Ep. 4: What is the Quadrivium? 12/06/2017

Ep. 4: What is the Quadrivium? Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. Here in episode four, Andrew provides a quick and big-picture answer to the question, "what is the Quadrivium?" (with an emphasis on explaining the four mathematical arts). /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/6018459

Ep 3: What are the 7 Liberal Arts? 11/29/2017

Ep 3: What are the 7 Liberal Arts? Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. Here in episode three, Andrew provides a quick and big-picture answer to the question, "what are the seven liberal arts?". *** /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/5993132

Ep #2: So What is Christian Classical Education? 11/22/2017

Ep #2: So What is Christian Classical Education? Welcome to the brand new Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education - and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. Here in episode two, Andrew provides a quick and big-picture answer to the question, "what is Christian classical education?". /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/5971285

Episode #1: Welcome to the new Ask Andrew Podcast 11/09/2017

Episode #1: Welcome to the new Ask Andrew Podcast Welcome to the new Ask Andrew podcast! Each week Andrew Kern will be answering questions about key ideas, themes, and terms in classical education. Here in episode one, he explains a bit about his goals for the show. /episode/index/show/askandrew/id/5928165

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