https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thales-presscast--4078805enEducationCopyright Thales Presshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6476bee43c012c5d5acc00d2af7757a6.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thales-presscast--4078805Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:12:48 +0000Thales PressThales Pressfeeds@spreaker.comThe Thales Press Podcast offers lectures and seminars on the Great Books of a Classical education to help edify, encourage, and empower students to take on the challenges of the modern world.cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socratic-practice-in-art-music-and-physical-fitness--42900328
In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in art, music, and physical fitness classrooms. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 

Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/

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In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in art, music, and physical fitness classrooms. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 

Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/

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If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 

Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/

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If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 

Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/

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In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in trivium classrooms. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 

Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/

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In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in trivium classrooms. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 

Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/

Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY]]>2386michaelstrong,socratic,socraticpractice,thalesacademy,thaleswaycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socratic-practice-in-science--42883453
In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in science classrooms. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 
Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/
Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42883453Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:55:52 +0000Thales PressMichael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy.  In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct...
In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in science classrooms. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 
Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/
Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY]]>1046classicaleducation,michaelstrong,socraticpractice,socraticseminars,thalesacademycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socratic-practice-in-foreign-language--42882971
In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in foreign languages with a particular focus on Latin and Spanish. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 
Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/
Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42882971Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:31:39 +0000Thales PressMichael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy.  In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct...
In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in foreign languages with a particular focus on Latin and Spanish. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 
Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/
Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY]]>2339classical,classicaleducation,socratic,socraticseminars,thalesacademycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socratic-practice-in-history-and-english--42882454
In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in history and literature by examining a text written by Marie Curie. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 

Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/

Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42882454Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:01:42 +0000Thales PressMichael Strong conducted a series of professional development workshops on how to set up, conduct, and meaningfully assess Socratic seminars across all academic disciplines at Thales Academy. In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct...
In this session, Michael Strong focuses on how to conduct Socratic seminars in history and literature by examining a text written by Marie Curie. 

If you are interested in learning more about Michael Strong, an educational entrepreneur and a passionate supporter of Socratic practice, you can check out his website here or watch his TED Talk on Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology here. 

Michael Strong's Website: https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/

Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCu5EgK5TdY]]>1152classical,classicaleducation,michaelstrong,socraticseminarscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socratic-praxis--40311677https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40311677Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:13:11 +0000Thales PressA training session from Winston Brady, Dean of Academics at Thales Academy, how to set up and conduct a Socratic seminar.3247classical,classicaleducation,socrates,socraticseminars,thalescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/c-s-lewis--19674136https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19674136Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:44:45 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines "The Abolition of Man" by C.S. Lewis.6191cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-dewey--19670978https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19670978Thu, 24 Oct 2019 16:40:36 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of John Dewey.4934cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sigmund-freud--19660278https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19660278Thu, 24 Oct 2019 01:45:29 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of Sigmund Freud.3718cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/friedrich-nietzsche--19654841https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19654841Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:46:00 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of Friedrich Nietzsche.6368cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/darwin-and-darwinism--19652834https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19652834Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:04:49 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and the impact of the British naturalist Charles Darwin.4069cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marx-and-marxism--19651125https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19651125Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:35:26 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings and political philosophy of Karl Marx.5066cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/enlightenment-political-theory--19649460https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19649460Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:09:48 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and other significant writers during the European Enlightenment.5150cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/enlightenment-philosophy--19639143https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19639143Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:29:52 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the major philosophers of the Enlightenment.4340cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/british-empiricism--19638892https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19638892Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:36:43 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, examines the writings of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.1703cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-scientific-revolution--19637672https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19637672Tue, 22 Oct 2019 22:42:24 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Scientific Revolution and the writings of Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes.4220cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reformation--19637394https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19637394Tue, 22 Oct 2019 22:40:59 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Reformation and the writings of Martin Luther, Erasmus, and John Calvin.5779cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-renaissance--19541581https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19541581Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:43:06 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a background of the Renaissance and the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.4799cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-middle-ages--19539456https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19539456Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:40:17 +0000Thales PressWinston Brady, Curriculum Adviser at Thales Academy, provides an overview of the Middle Ages and an analysis of the works of Thomas Aquinas and Dante Alighieri.5216cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-early-church--19522566https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19522566Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:04:56 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides an overview of the Church Fathers, the history of the early church, and the contributions of Christian thinkers to a Classical education.4947cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-testament--19472904https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19472904Sat, 12 Oct 2019 11:43:21 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides the historical background of the New Testament and its importance of the NT to a Classical education.4442cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/roman-literature--19426185https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19426185Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:41:50 +0000Thales PressDr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on Virgil's great epic, "The Aeneid."3461cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-works-of-aristotle--19395396https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19395396Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:37:34 +0000Thales PressDr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the life and philosophical works of Aristotle.3529cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dialogues-of-plato--19394581https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19394581Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:28:07 +0000Thales PressDr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on everything you need to know about the dialogues of Plato.3749cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thucydides--19379303https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19379303Sun, 06 Oct 2019 20:18:42 +0000Thales PressDr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the major episodes of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War."3727cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sophocles-oedipus-rex--19250670https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19250670Fri, 27 Sep 2019 02:26:29 +0000Thales PressDr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the important literary features of Sophocles' classic play "Oedipus Rex."3627cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/herodotus-histories--19237276https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19237276Thu, 26 Sep 2019 01:04:40 +0000Thales PressDr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the historical background and the important literary features of Herodotus' "Histories."3986cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jon-stewart-the-works-of-homer--19237226https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19237226Thu, 26 Sep 2019 01:04:31 +0000Thales PressDr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides an overview of the historical and literary background of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."4324cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ivan-spencer-the-works-of-homer--19237206https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19237206Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:55:02 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a historical and literary analysis on "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."3800cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-old-testament--19237162https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19237162Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:46:51 +0000Thales PressDr. C. Ivan Spencer, professor of philosophy at the College of Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina, provides a historical and literary analysis on the Old Testament.3440cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gilgamesh--19221068https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19221068Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:17:31 +0000Thales PressDr. Jon Stewart of the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences provides a lecture on the ancient Sumerian poem, "The Epic of Gilgamesh."3634cleanfull