Name: Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition - Karen Glass
Brand: Karen Glass
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nThe educators of ancient Greece and Rome gave the world a vision of what education should be. The medieval and Renaissance teachers valued their insights and lofty goals. Christian educators such as Augustine, Erasmus, Milton, and Comenius drew from the teaching of Plato, Aristotle, and Quintilian those truths which they found universal and potent. Charlotte Mason developed her own philosophy of education from the riches of the past, not accidentally but purposefully. She and the other founding members of the Parents' National Educational Union in England were inspired by the classical educators of history and set out to achieve their vision in modern education. They succeeded-and thanks to Charlotte Mason's clear development of methods to realize the classical ideals, we can partake of the classical tradition as well. nThe classical tradition as it informs teaching is good not because it is old or classical, but because it works; and what works, whether old or new, is best. That's the Mason message admirably conveyed by Karen] Glass. -David V. Hicks nClassical education is an education of the heart and conscience as much as it is an education of the mind. This book explores the classical emphasis on formation of character and links Charlotte Masons ideas to the thinkers of the past. This is not a how to book about education, but a why to book that will bring clarity to many of the ideas you already know about teaching and learning. nI thought that my fire for heart educatio