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Jon Balsbaugh
3 Sessions; $272.50 + book cost
3 Sessions; $272.50 + book cost
6 sessions; $545 + book costs
6 sessions; $545 + book costs
Wesley Callihan
6 sessions; $545 (texts in public domain)
6 sessions; $545 + book cost
6 sessions; $545 + book cost
12 sessions; $1090 + book costs
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Learn with Jon Balsbaugh
Learn with Wesley Callihan
As the historical figure who was imprisoned and executed for his ideas or as the character we know as in Plato’s many dialogues, Socrates is a pillar of the classical tradition. Join Professor Jon Balsbaugh for a discussion of Socrates as a learner, teacher, and guide “out of the cave.” The course will include the reading and discussion of original texts as well as presentations on the application of Socrates’ life and teachings to the classroom—what has come to be known as “the Socratic method.”
Session Schedule, EST
3 weeks
Dates: 10/22, 11/5, 11/19; 7:00-9:00 PM
$272.5 + book purchase:
In the early 1980s, educational philosopher Mortimer Adler published a trilogy of books proposing a reform of educational practice in the United States: The Paideia Proposal (1982), Paideia Problems and Possibilities (1983), and The Paideia Program (1984). One of the most important outcomes of Adler’s efforts was a method of teaching that relied upon three pillars: didactic instruction, coaching, and seminar. Professor Jon Balsbaugh will lead this course on how to use the pillars of instruction in the classroom. The course will include reading and presentations on the practical application of the material to the contemporary classroom setting and a wide range of subjects.
Session Schedule, EST
3 weeks
Dates: 10/15, 10/29, 11/12; 7:00-9:00 PM
$272.50 + book purchase:
Separated by almost twenty-five hundred years, Socrates and Mortimer Adler are nonetheless participants in the same great conversation of what it means to know, to learn, and to become a truly “educated” person. This course will begin with a study of Socrates as teacher, learner and guide (with attention to developing a true “Socratic Method”); and it will continue with a practical application of Mortimer Adler’s three pillars of instruction to the classroom environment.
Session Schedule, EST
6 weeks
2024 Dates: Concurrent weekly enrollment in both mini-course dates (10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19; 7:00 – 9:00 PM)
2025 Dates: 1/21, 2/4, 2/18, 3/4, 3/18, 4/1; 7:00-9:00 PM
$545 + book purchases:
A survey of the art of rhetoric and its use in the Christian tradition, the classical Greek and Roman/Christian texts forming the foundation of classical rhetoric, and value/benefit of studying rhetoric apart from its use in communication; teaching rhetoric using primary sources.
Session Schedule, EST
6 weeks – Wednesdays 7:00-9:00 PM
2024 Dates: Oct 23 – Dec 4 (skipping Thanksgiving week)
$545
Texts required: none (all accessed as public domain texts from internet)
A rapid survey of the great epics, with emphasis on teaching Homer – and by analogy all “pagan” literature – from the perspective of the historical Christian tradition, especially the early Fathers.
Focus is on this great epic, with emphasis on teaching Homer – and by analogy all “pagan” literature – from the perspective of the historical Christian tradition, especially the early Fathers.
Session Schedule, EST
Focus is on this great epic, with emphasis on teaching Homer – and by analogy all “pagan” literature – from the perspective of the historical Christian tradition, especially the early Fathers.
Session Schedule, EST
6 weeks – Wednesdays 7:00-9:00 PM
2025 Dates: March 5 – Apr 9
$545
Text required: The Callihan Odyssey
Jon Balsbaugh received his BA in English from The Master’s University (CA) and his MA in English from the University of St. Thomas (MN), where his academic work focused on C.S. Lewis and the theology of beauty. He has worked in classical education for over twenty-five years as a homeschool parent, teacher, administrator, conference speaker, consultant, and author. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Veritas Journal and the owner and operator of Kairos Educational Consulting. He and his wife, Jennifer, have five children and live in South Bend, Indiana. In addition to his academic and intellectual pursuits, he enjoys fly fishing, foraging, food, and photography.
Jon is also partnered with ClassicalU in providing professional development and teacher coaching with the recording uploads of your classroom teaching sample (with appropriate permissions).
Wesley Callihan grew up on a farm in Idaho and graduated with a degree in history from the University of Idaho. He has taught at Logos School, New Saint Andrews College, and Veritas Academy. In 1997 he founded Schola Classical Tutorials where he teaches online classes on the Great Books, astronomy, Church history, Greek, and Latin. He has worked with Roman Roads Media to produce Old Western Culture, a 4-year integrated humanities curriculum designed to equip homeschoolers and their families with the tools to tackle the Great Books that shaped Western civilization.
Wes likes to read, garden, watch movies, fish and hunt, travel (he offers tours most summers for his students and their families to Greece and Turkey), write, and read some more.
