The Case for Classical Christian Education
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Newspapers are filled with stories about poorly educated children, ineffective teachers, and cash-strapped school districts. In this greatly expanded treatment of a topic he first dealt with in Rediscovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson proposes an alternative to government-operated school by advocating a return to classical Christian education with its discipline, hard work, and learning geared to child development stages.
As an educator, Wilson is well-equipped to diagnose the cause of America's deteriorating school system and to propose remedies for those committed to their children's best interests in education. He maintains that education is essentially religious because it deals with the basic questions about life that require spiritual answers-reading and writing are simply the tools. Offering a review of classical education and the history of this movement, Wilson also reflects on his own involvement in the process of creating educational institutions that embrace that style of learning. He details elements needed in a useful curriculum, including a list of literary classics. Readers will see that classical education offers the best opportunity for academic achievement, character growth, and spiritual education, and that such quality cannot be duplicated in a religiously-neutral environment.
DESCRIPTION:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.112
EAN: 9781581343847
ISBN: 1581343841
Label: Crossway Books
Manufacturer: Crossway Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2002-11-12
Publisher: Crossway Books
Studio: Crossway Books
SIMILAR ITEMS:
• Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series)
• Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education
• The Seven Laws of Teaching
• Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning
• The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Editition)
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Summary: Back to Future- Is Classical Education the Answer?
Comment: This is a book that seeks to present a broad overview of the classical Christian model of education.
Today's America's schools are in a mess. Violence and drug-usage at schools are no longer news. Learning to read and write gives people the tools to ask and answer questions in life. But our schools fail miserably in this basic task.
Douglas Wilson is strongly against government schools. He argues that all these happened because we falsely believe that schools can be neutral about morality. He says that education is basically religious. Education deals with the basic questions if life, and these questions demand religious answers. He proposed that we must turn to Christian classic education- in styles, philosophies, even curriculums, with an emphasis on the children development.
Has Wilson gone too far? It is your call. However, he will convince you that education is not the world's savior. Education itself needs to be saved!
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Summary: Excellent
Comment: Mr. Wilson presents outstanding arguments on why the public school system is a failure and the need tor classical instruction. I do not share his view of homeschoolers. I know many families that homeschool and none are characterized in his examples.
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Summary: A welcome contribution to the current national dialogue
Comment: In The Case For Classical Christian Education, Douglas Wilson articulately and persuasively denounces the state that American public schools have fallen into with endemic and rampant illiteracy and below-grade literacy; poor performance in math, science, history, and geography; and even the prevalence of crime and drugs among the student population. The only way to improve things is to restore classical Christian education, which provides religious answers to the basic and profound matters of life, as well as the more mundane answers to practical everyday problems. The Case for Classical Christian Education is strongly recommended reading and a welcome contribution to the current national dialogue over public education reform and the role of the church sponsored school.
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Summary: Revisiting the Vision
Comment: Doug Wilson is the father of the Protestant classical Christian school movement. This book is a mature statement of why classical Christian schools are needed and what they stand for. Many have been introduced to the movement through his book Rediscovering the Lost Tools of Learning (Crossway, 1991). This book is a far better starting point. One does not have to agree with Rev. Wilson on all points to appreciate the distinctive vision this book outlines. It is highly recommended and should be read by every teacher, parent, student, and board member associated with classical Christian schools. Once again, we owe Doug Wilson an enormous debt.
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