For the Children's Sake
Susan Schaeffer Macaulay introduces Charlotte Mason's educational philosophy to a new generation, arguing for an education that values each child as a full person.
Susan Schaeffer Macaulay·1984
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Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Susan Schaeffer Macaulay is the daughter of Francis and Edith Schaeffer, founders of L'Abri Fellowship, and herself an educator and author committed to rich, humane education. Her 1984 book For the Children's Sake introduced Charlotte Mason's nineteenth-century educational philosophy to a new generation of parents and educators in the English-speaking world, and is credited with launching the Charlotte Mason homeschooling movement. She continues to write and speak about education and family life.
Key Ideas
- →Every child is a full person, deserving of a rich and generous education
- →Charlotte Mason's methods — living books, narration, nature study — remain powerfully relevant
- →Atmosphere, discipline, and life: Mason's three instruments of education
- →Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire