Classical Christian Education: A Look at Some History
In this article the author begins by explaining the chaos that has been created in school systems today by all the expectations placed upon them. As a result they have no clear plan or purpose and thus the call to return to the basic. But what are these basics? Some have suggested that we turn back the 1950's when things seemed simpler, but the basics in reality go back centuries. By looking at these early Christian education systems that produced thinking Christians we can learn what it means to provide our students with a true Christian Education. This approach can be called, Classical Christian Education and this article is a great read.
Another objection might be: Why this type of education? Why not something more relevant, more modern, more accommodating to a non-literate, non-theological age? Classical Christian education is not designed to fit the student for our times. It is designed to transform the student to God's times (Romans 12:2). It is designed to produce an student with the mental discipline and ability to read an in-depth book (even one with more than one hundred pages), write discerning, thoughtful essays on the book, present lectures or debates on the contents of the book, and evaluate its contents in light of the Christian worldview. "Paces," multiple choice questions, computer games, and entertaining films cannot accomplish these results. Classical Christian education is "word-oriented." It can and has produced workmen who can rightly divide the Word of God and who do not need to be ashamed to confront and unmask the idols of our age. [more...]
10-12-2007
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