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Books on Education
Teaching and learning as a discipline: method, curriculum and the training of the mind.
On Christian Doctrine
Augustine · 397 AD — the book that taught the church how to interpret Scripture.
Didascalicon
Hugh of Saint Victor · 1127 AD — a medieval master's guide to what to read, in what order, and how, from the liberal arts to the senses of Scripture.
The School of Infancy
Jan Amos Comenius · 1633 AD — a handbook for raising children through their first six years.
Some Thoughts Concerning Education
John Locke · 1693 AD — letters on raising a child, arguing character forms in the earliest years.
The Improvement of the Mind
Isaac Watts · 1741 AD — practical rules for reading, conversation, meditation, and disciplined study.
Household Education
Harriet Martineau · 1849 AD — Martineau's guide to educating children through reason and moral training.
Thoughts for Young Men
J.C. Ryle · 1859 AD — Ryle's direct counsel to young men on the dangers and duties of their age.
Formation of Character
Benjamin Palmer · 1876 AD — lectures to young men on building the virtues that sustain a lifetime.
Home Education
Charlotte Mason · 1886 AD — the 1886 lectures that launched her case that children are born persons.
Parents and Children
Charlotte Mason · 1897 AD — the second volume of Mason's Home Education Series, on the parents' calling.
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