Episode Details

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss one of the most important, albeit misunderstood, elements of a classical education: modeling and copying. 

Show Notes: 

• "In Defense of Memorization" by Michael Knox Beran
• Via Forbes “Why Memorizing Stuff Can be Good for You”

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:52) - Modeling, copying and how we learn
• (07:31) - Copying and modeling in the writing stage
• (25:07) - Copying and modeling in the rhetoric stage
• (30:52) - Quick sidenote!
• (32:37) - Memorization in the educational process
• (39:59) - Debunking misconceptions about memorization
• (40:18) - Misconception #1: Memorization is opposed to critical thinking
• (43:23) - Misconception #2: People forget what they memorize
• (44:48) - Misconception #3: Memorization is will kill a love for learning
• (48:04) - Putting Susanna on the spot
• (50:47) - Outro