Charlotte M. Mason

Parents And Children (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Charlotte Mason was a late nineteenth-century British educator whose ideas were far ahead of her time. She believed that children are born persons worthy of respect, rather than blank slates, and that it was better to feed their growing minds with living literature and vital ideas and knowledge, rather than dry facts and knowledge filtered and pre-digested by the teacher. Her method of education, still used by some private schools and many homeschooling families, is gentle and flexible, especially with younger children, and includes first-hand exposure to great and noble ideas through books in each school subject, conveying wonder and arousing curiosity, and through reflection upon great art, music, and poetry; nature observation as the primary means of early science teaching; use of manipulatives and real-life application to understand mathematical concepts and learning to reason, rather than rote memorisation and working endless sums; and an emphasis on character and on cultivating and maintaining good personal habits. Schooling is teacher-directed, not child-led, but school time should be short enough to allow students free time to play and to pursue their own worthy interests.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 365
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783989731561
• Artikelnr.: 69914589

Autorenporträt

Charlotte Maria Shaw Mason was an educator and reformer who played a significant role in shaping ideas about education in England in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born on January 1, 1842, in Bangor to Joshua Mason and Margaret Shaw, Mason developed a vision of education rooted in the belief that children are whole persons deserving of respect and intellectual nourishment. Her educational journey included training at the Home and Colonial Society, which informed her pedagogical approach. She later worked at Bishop Otter Teacher Training College under the supervision of Fanny Trevor, gaining practical experience that would influence her theories. Her philosophy stressed the importance of forming habits, engaging with living books, and cultivating a love of learning rather than relying solely on exams or strict discipline. After leaving Bishop Otter College, Mason continued her work independently, publishing several books and founding the Parents National Educational Union. She spent her later years in Ambleside, where she died on January 16, 1923. Her legacy remains influential among educators and homeschooling communities around the world.