Joshua Gibbs: Teaching from a Spirit of Love, Helping Students Care

About our GuestJoshua Gibbs is a teacher, a lecturer on pedagogy and great books, and the author of several books that are listed in the show notes. For the last twelve years, Gibbs has taught classic literature in Christian schools and earned acclaim for his writing. He has been a frequent speaker at several excellent classical conferences and published for many respectable classical education resources. His work can be explored on his website https://www.gibbsclassical.com/ We also encourage you to register for his 2022 Summer Conference.Show NotesJosh discusses how to engage students with voices from the past and how to shape their affections through delighting in common things.  He asks, "How do we teach a book so that a student wants to read it again?" As a teacher, it is our duty to step out of the way and let the author speak and pass on our delight in hearing voices from the past.  This is how we help students fall in love with books.  We want to instill a love for the right things. We need to capture the hearts of students so that they care. Some practical questions in this episode include:What are the goals of a classical teacher vs. a non-classical teacher?What types of goals ought we set and how do we go about teaching in a way that matches our goals?  How do we teach a book so that students will want to read it again? How do we develop a taste for good things? These questions help us to wrestle with the idea that all education ought to be first and primarily about ordering our souls with love as the primary goal. If we set education goals too lofty or create goals that are too shallow, what are we telling our children? The goal of education is to help students care. Josh ascertains how a teacher can help students care about what they are learning. Books Mentioned In This EpisodeSomething They Will Not Forget by Joshua GibbsHow to be Unlucky by Joshua GibbsLove What Lasts by Joshua GibbsSiddhartha by Hermann HesseDemien by Hermann HesseTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisLeviathan by Thomas HobbesPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Iliad by HomerParadise Lost by MiltonThe Divine Comedy by DanteConsolation of Philosophy by BoethiusMacbeth by ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGreat Expectations by Dickens_________________________________Credits:Sound Engineer: Andrew HelselLogo Art: Anastasiya CFMusic: Used with permission. cellists: Sara Sant' Ambrogio and Lexine Feng; pianist: Alyona WaldoCopyright © 2022 Beautiful Teaching. All Rights Reserved ★ Support this podcast ★

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