by Harvey Bluedorn | May 19, 2023 | Logic, Trivium & Classical Education
NOTE: The first installment of The Reasoning Railroad – namely, Chapter 1a: Mystery Train – originally went out on our Blog email list, but due to a programming error, the link did not appear on our front page or on our blog page. We have since posted the link on our...
by Harvey Bluedorn | Feb 9, 2023 | Logic
Adult Introduction We all know intrinsically how to reason – it is part of our created being. Nevertheless, the powers of reason, like other innate abilities, can be strengthened and refined through exercise and instruction. Our purpose here is to teach formal...
by Harvey Bluedorn | Feb 5, 2023 | Articles for Beginners, Trivium Pursuit Sale
Delay & Re-posting, Product Prices, Trivium Pursuit Logo, This blog, Special Sales DELAY & RE-POSTING I am re-posting the (slightly updated) substance of this blog because the renovation of the website caused some problems with the blog so that the original...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 15, 2022 | Articles
Plagiarism, noun. [from plagiary.] The act of purloining another man’s literary works, or introducing passages from another man’s writings and putting them off as one’s own; literary theft. Plagiary, noun. [L. Plagium, a kidnapping…] 1. A thief...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 8, 2022 | Articles, 文章
20年前我们开始教大儿子读书,从那以后,我们所有的孩子都是在家教育的。那时,美国只有几千个孩子在家上学,但是今天已经猛增到200万了,而且人数每三到四年就会翻一倍。我们不指望这种增长幅度会持续下去,但是如果真的持续下去,我们在家教育就会在一代人之间完全掌握这个国家。 有了这种认识,我们就发展出七个不可否认的真理,使作父母的基督徒可以开始,继续在家教育,并且为之辩护。 1.Homeschooling is not Alternative Education 在家教育不是后备方案...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 8, 2022 | Articles, 文章
我们相信所有的基督徒家长都当遵守主的命令来控制和指导自己孩子的教育。(申6:4-9,弗6:4)但是最好的方式是什么?因为公立学校不管教,不敬虔,我们不考虑。私人老师又昂贵又难得。我们的选择就只有在私人学校与在家教育之间。在家教育使父母直接参与到教育过程。在私人学校里,虽然家长可以选择进哪所学校,然而选择之后,他就从驾驶员的位置下来了,成为学校的支持者和学校活动的参与者。 学校课堂的七个问题 课堂教学会产生一些关系链,它们很容易地就越过了并且对抗着正当的感情与权威的形成的关系链。 老师和学生的关系会削弱亲子关系。...