Charlotte Mason’s Twenty Principles

Charlotte Mason’s Twenty Principles

Charlotte Mason first introduced her theory of education in a series of lectures in 1885 which were published in 1886. In the years which followed, she wrote many additional articles and books. However, over time she increasingly felt the need to distill her theory of education into a concise summary or synopsis. She completed this in 1904, and it is now commonly referred to as her “Twenty Principles.” In this presentation, Art Middlekauff explains the meaning and significance of each of these twenty principles, thereby surveying Mason’s theory of education according to the structure she herself formalized in her synopsis.

Recorded live at the Educating the Heart Conference, April 2017