Western Canonicity

http://westerncanon.com/

Here is the source of my first encounter with the idea of the Western Canon. It was not something I was taught in public schooling. It’s a small wonder I went to class at all since there was little to learn!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%5Feducation

This is a Wiki article discussing Classical education. It seems incredible to think that moderns are so advanced when our schools are glorified baby-sitting services as compared to the real education that students would get from the Middle Ages onward.

http://www.accsedu.org/

This is a Christian organisation which advocates teaching children on the Medieval classical model. Their website offers the following list of helpful books:

“The Lost Tools of Learning” Dorothy Sayers

The Abolition of Man C.S. Lewis

Ideas Have Consequences Richard Weaver

On Secular Education R.L. Dabney

Of Education John Milton

On Christian Doctrine Augustine

The Seven Laws of Teaching John Gregory

Education, Christianity and the State J. Gresham Machen

Why Johnny Can’t Read Rudolf Flesch

Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning Douglas Wilson

The Case for Classical Christian Education Douglas Wilson

Repairing the Ruins edited by Douglas Wilson