Worldview Detective: A Socratic Method for Investigating Great Books<\/a><\/p>\nWorldview Detective<\/em>\u00a0is here!\u00a0 A DVD seminar featuring Adam and Missy Andrews,\u00a0Worldview Detective<\/em>\u00a0is designed for parents, teachers, and high school students who want to learn how to discover an author’s worldview through close reading of his work.<\/p>\nWorldview Detective<\/em>\u00a0helps students get beyond the basic question “What does the author say?” and tackle the crucial follow-up question:\u00a0 “Is the author telling the truth?”<\/p>\nWorldview Detective\u00a0<\/em>is a powerful revision of CenterForLit’s\u00a0Teaching the Classics: Worldview Supplement<\/em>.\u00a0 In this 3-hour seminar, Adam and Missy Andrews discuss the secrets of effective worldview analysis, including an exclusive “Socratic List” designed specifically for worldview discussions.\u00a0 They proceed to demonstrate their teaching technique by analyzing two classic stories, Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” and Flannery O’Connor’s “Revelation.”<\/p>\nWhile viewing the seminar, parents take notes in the syllabus, which can then serve as a teacher manual for future discussions.\u00a0 The complete seminar package contains the following resources:<\/p>\n
\n4 DVDs with model discussions led by Adam and Missy Andrew<\/li>\n A revised and expanded Socratic List designed specifically for worldview analysis — 113 exclusive questions directed at worldview issues that can be asked of any book on your reading list (live explanations and guidance for each question are included in the DVD presentation).<\/li>\n A 75-page teacher manual which includes full story texts and answers to discussion questions used in the seminar<\/li>\n An historical appendix explaining major periods in English language literature and the worldview issues that were prominent in each, along with lists of major authors and their classic works<\/li>\n Live explanations of important terms like worldview, deconstruction, naturalism, realism, romanticism, modernism,\u00a0and more<\/li>\n Summaries of major worldviews<\/li>\n Suggestions for incorporating worldview analysis into existing programs<\/li>\n Review of key concepts in the\u00a0Teaching the Classics<\/em>\u00a0basic seminar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRunning time: 3 hours 10 minutes \nSyllabus page count: 70<\/em><\/p>\nFAQs:<\/p>\n
Q. Who should take this course? \nA. Parents and teachers of upper-level students (about grades 8-12), as well as the students themselves.<\/p>\n
Q. Is this a curriculum? \nA. No.\u00a0Worldview Detective\u00a0<\/em>is a method for analysis that can be applied to any work of fiction.<\/p>\nQ. Do I really need the DVDs? \nA. \u00a0Yes, the syllabus provides supplementary materials only. All explanations, discussions, example lessons and demonstrations of our teaching techniques are contained in the DVD presentation alone.<\/p>\n
Q. \u00a0How is\u00a0Worldview Detective<\/em>\u00a0different from the old\u00a0Worldview Supplement<\/em>? \nA. \u00a0\u00a0In just about every way! Only the Socratic List for Worldview Analysis has been preserved from the old\u00a0Worldview Supplement,<\/em>\u00a0and even that has been revised and edited. \u00a0The new version of the DVD seminar includes in-depth explanations of each question on the Socratic List, on-screen conversations between Adam and Missy Andrews for each story, an analysis of Flannery O’Connor’s “Revelation” in addition to Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” and a video appendix describing the major periods in English literature. \u00a0\u00a0The new syllabus, which is included in the seminar package, guides the viewer through the Socratic method by providing answers to relevant questions keyed to the story text. \u00a0While the new\u00a0Worldview Detective<\/em>\u00a0teaches the same concepts as the old\u00a0Worldview Supplement,<\/em>\u00a0it makes a much more powerful and effective presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[25,26,29,27,28,72,332,196],"product_tag":[],"composite_virtual":false,"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\nWorldview Detective: A Socratic Method for Investigating Great Books - Classical Education Books<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n