Classical Education & The Home School [Paperback]

Douglas Jones (Author), Wesley Callihan (Author), Douglas Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

As we survey the educational ruins around us, classical and Christian education appears to be an idea whose time has come again. More and more Christian parents are seeing the failures of modern education, and they are hungering for a substantive alternative, one that has been tested before and found to be good.

Classical and Christian education presents them with just such an alternative.

Read by Aaron Wells.

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Douglas Wilson is the author of Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, pastor of Christ Church (Moscow, Idaho), and editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine.

Wes Callihan oversees and teaches at Schola Classical Tutorials.

Douglas Jones is a fellow of philosophy at New St. Andrews College (Moscow, Idaho), and senior editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Canon Press; 1 edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885767080
• ISBN-13: 978-1885767080
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,996,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Douglas Wilson is the minister of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, which is a member of the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC). After his stint in the submarine service of the U.S. Navy, he attended the University of Idaho, where he obtained an MA in philosophy.

As one of its founders, he has served on the board of Logos School, a classical and Christian school (K-12), since its inception. He is also a Senior Fellow of theology at New St. Andrews College. He is the author of numerous books, including Reforming Marriage, The Case for Classical Christian Education, Letter from a Christian Citizen, and Blackthorn Winter. He is also the general editor for the Omnibus textbook series. His blog can be found at www.dougwils.com.

All his favorite authors begin their names with initials--C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, H.L. Mencken, J.R.R. Tolkien, N.D. Wilson, and P.G. Wodehouse. The one exception is Nancy Wilson, a favorite author to whom he has been married for over thirty-four years. They have three children and fifteen grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must Read" for Home Educators, March 13, 2000

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Mona Maynard - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classical Education & The Home School (Paperback)

This outstanding booklet explains what classical education is and how to implement it in the home school. The author describes the ancient medeival model of the trivium (the three stages of learning: grammer, dialectic and rhetoric) and urges a return to this time tested method of education in a reformed Christian context. Included are recommended reading lists. I consider this booklet essential reading for home educators.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, can't go wrong, September 29, 2000

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"gso-software-engineer" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classical Education & The Home School (Paperback)

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.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction - from a Christian perspective, October 1, 2002

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Christopher Bennage (Tallahassee, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classical Education and the Homeschool (Paperback)

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.