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Title: Classical Education and the Home School by Douglas Wilson, Wes Callihan, Douglas Jones ISBN: 1-885767-85-4 Publisher: Canon Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Introduction - from a Christian perspective
Comment: This little book is an excellent introduction to the methods of Classical education, especially as it pertains to a Christian worldview. It is a quick and easy read, and (best of all) inexpensive.
I do have a few critisms. [1] The authors tend to get off point a few times (we don't need a primer on Latin grammar in a book like this) [2] The bibliography tends to stay "in the family" of the contributing authors and lastly [3] I would expect superior writing style from promoters of Classical education.
Rating: 5
Summary: Power Packed Little "Pamphlet!"
Comment: While a small "book", it is power packed. It addresses everything from your worldview to getting started in the process of "re" educating yourself in preparation for homeschooling using the classical method. If you are considering whether or not you want to use the method or want to get your method on track, this book is perfect. Personally, I was actually exhorted in a few areas-just what I needed! Well worth the small price!
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book, can't go wrong
Comment: The author provides a good background and justification for returning to the classical approach of teaching children. The reading lists are fairly good except for the suspicious inclusion of a number of texts written by the author. I felt that the chapter concerning centering your children's education around Christ sounded very emotionally charged which greatly contrasted the author's previous chapter on logic and argumentation. I don't disagree that the education of Christian children should be centered about Christ. I do think the author should have used the logical method of argumentation described in the previous chapters to argue his point rather than lapse into emotionally charged religious rhetoric that he (and Plato) disapproved of at the beginning of his text. The most overriding lesson I learned from this text, though, is one which more homeschooling and classical education advocates must learn and teach: providing your child with a education better than that which you were provided requires that you first obtain the education with which you are attempting to endow your children. For this reason (and that teensy little price up there) I highly recommend this book to anyone who is frustrated with the quality of public education in America whether or not you are considering homeschooling your child.
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Title: Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) by Doug Wilson ISBN: 0891075836 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The Case for Classical Christian Education by Douglas Wilson ISBN: 1581343841 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The Seven Laws of Teaching by John Milton Gregory ISBN: 0801052726 Publisher: Baker Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by S. Wise Bauer, Susan Wise Bauer ISBN: 0393050947 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition by Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise ISBN: 0393059278 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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