SS #138: A Little More Conversation, Please (with Andrew Zwerneman!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is Andrew Zwerneman. Andrew J. Zwerneman serves as President and Master Teacher at Cana Academy. For 40 years, he has taught and consulted in secondary schools that emphasize classic humanities. For 19 years he headed schools — 2 at the public charter school, Tempe Preparatory Academy in Tempe, Arizona, 17 at Trinity School at Meadow View in Falls Church, Virginia. Andrew has degrees from both Notre Dame AND St. John's University, and he has authored two books: History Forgotten and Remembered and The Life We Have Together: A Case for Humane Studies, A Vision for Renewal.
In today's episode, Brandy and Mystie are peppering Andrew with questions about seminar-style teaching: what it is, where it comes from, how it fits into the classical tradition, and more. You're going to love this conversation!
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We are pleased to announce that registration for our annual Spring Training Sessions are now open! In fact, one reason why we asked Andrew to be here today is because we hired him as this year's coach. Andrew is going to teach two sessions on history as a classical subject. The first session will help us get away from Marxism and adopt a classical view of history. The second session will offer us a method for teaching history. It's going to be so great! To register just go to https://scholesisters.com/history to sign up.
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| 0:00.0 | You don't just ask questions, but sometimes you have to coach the students. So you get a kid, for example, who gets an idea in his head and you let him take it down the rabbit hole, you might not ever be able to pull it up. So true. Kids get attached to their well-voiced and what they think is highly developed position. |
| 0:33.9 | Welcome to Skalae Sisters, where we are cultivating the maximum number of thinking moms we can. |
| 0:39.3 | This is the podcast for classical homeschooling mamas who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. Schleys Sisters discusses topics that matter to those |
| 0:45.2 | of us who believe that educating ourselves through reading widely, thinking deeply, and applying |
| 0:51.0 | faithfully, equips us for the task of educating our children. |
| 0:55.8 | I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. To get my free, almost weekly, mostly Charlotte Mason newsletter, |
| 1:02.8 | go to afterthoughtsblog.net slash subscribe and sign up. |
| 1:08.8 | My co-host today is Misty Winkler. |
| 1:11.6 | Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including two graduates. |
| 1:15.6 | She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com and is the author of two excellent books, |
| 1:21.6 | the Convibial homeschool and Simplified Organization. |
| 1:25.6 | Our guest today is Andrews Wernaman. |
| 1:30.0 | Andrews serves as president and master teacher at Kena Academy. |
| 1:34.0 | For 40 years, he has taught and consulted in secondary schools that emphasize classic humanities. |
| 1:39.8 | For 19 years, he headed schools himself. |
| 1:42.7 | Two at the Public Charter School Tempe Preparatory Academy in Tempe, Arizona. |
| 1:47.0 | 17 at Trinity School at Meadow View in Falls Church, Virginia. |
| 1:51.0 | Andrew has degrees from both Notre Dame and St. John's University, and he has authored two books, |
| 1:57.0 | History, Forgotten and Remember, and The Life We Have Together, a case for Humane |
| 2:02.8 | Studies of Vision for Renewal. |
| 2:06.0 | We are pleased to announce that registration for our annual spring training sessions |
| 2:10.3 | is now open. |
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