Title
Is Classical Christian Education Compatible with a Reformed Christian Perspective on Education?
Date of Award
5-2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Graduate Education
Abstract
Is the growing classical Christian education movement, based on Dorothy Sayers’ trivium methodology, compatible to a Reformed Christian perspective on education? The classical Christian position claims that children progress through three stages of development and that the three components of the trivium complement these natural learning stages. The first stage involves memorizing facts through chants, stories and songs. In the second stage students learn how to argue and analyze by means of formal training in logic. The third stage focuses on learning to express knowledge persuasively and elegantly. When compared to the Reformed understanding of covenant children as well as Reformed purposes and methods of education, classical Christian education is found to be too intellectualistic and elitist to be compatible with a Reformed Christian perspective on education.
Recommended Citation
Ton, Peter L., "Is Classical Christian Education Compatible with a Reformed Christian Perspective on Education?" (2005). Master of Education Program Theses. 26.
https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/med_theses/26
Comments
Action Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education