Behind the Curriculum Curtain

On Layered Learning, Narration, and the Quiet Power of Students Becoming Teachers Lately, I came across a Latin phrase that resonates deeply with me: docendo discimus—by teaching, we learn. It is a simple idea, almost deceptively so, yet it captures something profoundly true about how learning actually takes place. When students teach what they have…

In the world of classical Christian education, Chris Perrin’s idea of “embodied learning” reminds us to rethink how we bring our students into the fullness of learning. Embodied learning is teaching beyond the intellect—it’s about the whole person. Embodied learning is the idea that because we learn with our whole bodies and all our senses,…