High School Roundtable
When do children outgrow the Charlotte Mason method? The firm belief of Charlotte Mason and the PNEU was that they never do. That’s what we believe too. We’ve shared several Parents’ Review articles that address the upper forms from many perspectives, and now we’re discussing the lessons we’ve learned. In this very special episode, Antonella, Art, Richele, and Tessa discuss Charlotte Mason in high school from the point of view of the PNEU of the past and of the children that we’ve homeschooled to high school graduation. Listen in, share your thoughts, and most of all, be inspired!
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Parents’ Review article picks:
Richele: “The PNEU and Public Examinations”
Tessa: “The P.U.S. Work in a PNEU School”
Art: “Boys’ Preparatory Schools”
Antonella: “Education in The Parents’ Union School”
Featured original articles:
Richele: “Math for Older Students”
Art: “The Teaching of Chemistry”
Antonella: “From Charlotte Mason to College”
4 Replies to “High School Roundtable”
I really enjoyed this round table. I laughed when I heard Art talk about his favourite article, because that was exactly what stuck out to me. Our co-op parents enjoyed Snow’s realism about his young students and their approach to some subjects. In our Form 2 co-op, we find that the atmosphere of middle school children together sometimes makes for difficult transitions into certain subjects – “Oh man! Here we go again with Plutarch!” (Who they claim to never understand, but indeed, do understand). All our experience has been that although they may give comments of dislike and perhaps reluctance transitioning into a subject, it is only a matter of minutes and we can clearly see that most are taken up with the material almost right away. Either by habit or surprised interest, their minds attend and ultimately succumb to the reality that they enjoy what they are reading. It makes us smile quietly as we see the same thing happen again and again. Snow’s article articulated this reality quite well! Thank for sharing!
Thank you for the kind feedback. And what a great story about your co-op!
I enjoyed the talk very much. I’d love to hear more about teaching languages and your experiences. I currently teach Latin at Academy and I’d love to hear your thoughts. Also, I’d love to know how in History in High School primary Source text were incorporated and philosophical works, if any.
Thank you
Thank you for the feedback! In my case, for foreign languages, we focused on reading and translating texts from the target language, as well as practicing some spoken conversation. For history, it is interesting that Charlotte Mason tended not to assign primary sources even in the upper forms. See pages 176–177 in Towards a Philosophy of Education for examples of books she assigned. Also you might enjoy this article on the teaching of Latin.