SS #119: Rewards Revisited (with Jason Barney!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Our guest today is Jason Barney from the Educational Renaissance Podcast! Jason serves as the Principal of Coram Deo Academy in Carmel, IN. In 2012 he was awarded the Henry Salvatori Prize for Excellence in Teaching from Hillsdale College. He completed his MA in Biblical Exegesis at Wheaton College, where he received The Tenney Award in New Testament Studies. In addition to his administrative responsibilities in vision, philosophy and faculty training, Jason has taught courses in Latin, Humanities, and Senior Thesis from 3rd-12th grades. He has published several books, including A Classical Guide to Narration with the CiRCE Institute and A Short History of Narration with Educational Renaissance. He regularly speaks at events and conferences, including SCL, ACCS and the CiRCE Institute, and has two courses on ClassicalU on Charlotte Mason and Narration. In addition, he has provided training for schools, like the Geneva School, the Covenant School of Dallas and the Ecclesial Schools Initiative. Jason blogs regularly on ancient wisdom for the modern era at www.educationalrenaissance.com.
Jason Barney has written a lot over the years about the use of rewards and their affects on children. Abby and Brandy thoroughly enjoyed discussing rewards and intrinsic motivation with him, and we think you'll love what he had to say!
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| 0:00.0 | As a mom, especially if you got a bunch of little kids and you're trying to like organize a whole |
| 0:05.4 | home education paradigm for them and just all the work and order and organizing that's involved in |
| 0:12.3 | that, I think you've got to remember that you are spiritual being and you're not just a workhorse. |
| 0:26.0 | And so you need to carve out time for your own intellectual delight and growth and enjoyment. Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for classical homeschooling mamas who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. |
| 0:47.1 | Scalay Sisters discusses topics that matter to those of us who believe that educating ourselves, through reading widely, thinking deeply, and applying faithfully, |
| 0:55.7 | equips us for the task of educating our children. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. |
| 1:02.2 | You can come study Charlotte Mason with me over in the Charlotte Mason Think Tank. |
| 1:06.4 | Go to afterthoughts blog.net slash think tank to learn more. |
| 1:11.7 | My co-host today is Abby Wall. |
| 1:15.1 | Abby is basically the queen of the Scholeysistership. |
| 1:18.6 | Abby is a country-living farmer, rancher, a loving wife and mom five who homeschools and reads whenever she can. |
| 1:26.7 | Our special guest today is Jason Barney from the Educational Renaissance podcast. |
| 1:32.3 | Jason serves as the principal of Coram Deo Academy in Indiana. |
| 1:36.3 | In 2012, he was awarded the Henry Salvatore Prize for Excellence in Teaching from Hillsdale College. |
| 1:42.3 | He completed his MA and Biblical exegesis at Wheaton College, |
| 1:45.5 | where he received a Tenney Award in New Testament Studies. In addition to his administrative |
| 1:49.7 | responsibilities and vision, philosophy, and faculty training, Jason has taught courses in Latin, |
| 1:55.0 | humanities, and senior thesis from third to twelfth grades. He has published several books, |
| 2:00.4 | including a classical guide to narration |
| 2:02.0 | with the Circe Institute and a short history of narration with educational renaissance. He regularly |
| 2:08.2 | speaks at events and conferences including SCL, ACC, and the Circe Institute, and has two courses |
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