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Parents of classical students
Book study: Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
with Karen Glass
"The end of education is not thinking; it is acting. It is not just knowing what to do; it is doing it. The sublime premise of a classical education asserts that right thinking will lead to right, if not righteous, acting."
David Hicks, Norms and Nobility
What: Online teaching and live discussion of Norms and Nobility every two weeks, plus access to study material to accompany your reading, as well as discussion space to explore ideas together and ask questions outside of live meetings. This book is an investment to purchase and requires an investment of time and thought as well; however, it has the potential to transform your thinking about education in a way that will be a positive benefit to a teacher, and that teacher's students, forever after.
Who: This study is for thoughtful educators who wish to deepen their knowledge of classical education and consider how ancient ideas about education and its purposes can be implemented in contemporary times. This book is for those who want to challenge themselves, as it requires effort to read.
Class Limit: Places are limited so we can all participate in discussion.
Course Dates: The course will run from September 3, 2024 to March 4, 2025. There will be 13 live meetings, plus online discussion.
Recordings: Recording of live meetings will be sent within 24-48 hours after the meeting and available for two weeks after each class.
Time: Every other Tuesday, 7:00pm-8:00pm (CENTRAL TIME)
Cost: $249
$249 if registered after August 6.
Course Map
2024
September 3 - Preface and Prologue
September 17 - Chapter 1, Virtue is the Fruit of Learning
October 1 - Chapter 2, The Word is Truth
October 15 - Chapter 3, Teaching the Father of the Man
October 29 - Chapter 4, The Tyrannizing Image
November 12 - Chapter 5, Saving the Appearance
November 26 - Chapter 6, On the Necessity of Dogma
December 10 - Chapter 7, The Ennobling of the Masses
January 7 - Chapter 8, The Promise of Christian Paideia
January 21 - Chapter 9, A Curriculum Proposal (What Might Have Been)
February 4 - Chapter 10, Some Questions and Assumptions
February 18 - Chapter 11, Three Schools in One Academy
March 4 - Chapter 12, The School Within the School, and Epilogue
About the Teacher
Karen Glass is a homeschool mother who has taught her four children through graduation and spent over two decades delving into educational philosophy, beginning with Charlotte Mason and extending to classical educators throughout history. She has a B.A. in English, but her real education has been self-education, and her passion for education has led her to write several books, including Mind to Mind (an abridgement of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy of Education), Know and Tell: The Art of Narration, In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education, and A Thinking Love: Studies in Charlotte Mason's Home Education. When she asked David Hicks, the author of Norms and Nobility, to read and consider writing a Foreword to her first book, Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition, he graciously consented to do so.