Adam Taylor | To Be Called Classical or to Not Be Called Classical, That is the Question

In this conversation Patrick and Amanda sit down with recurring guest Adam Taylor to discuss the controversial issue of calling TCT a "classical" curriculum. When the title "classical" is claimed by such a diverse range of schools as the Lost Tools of Learning crowds, secular charter programs, and people like us who are seeking to transmit the poetic mode of learning, it can feel like it has nearly lost it's meaning entirely. On the one hand, we are not quite ready to give it up because the poetic mode harkens to us from antiquity. On the other hand, we are playing around with the idea of being a "medieval model" program as a means of clarifying and distinguishing what Tradition we are working within. Whether you are someone who has been in the classical renewal for a long time, or someone who is in danger of not giving TCT a chance because your perception of classical education is not positive, we hope this conversation will give you some worthy thoughts for consideration. We also hope you will join the conversation by leaving your thoughts on this topic below! Read Adam's Substack here: https://substack.com/@ajstaylor Join the conversation by being apart of the TCT Toolshed, a private social network for parents desiring to cultivate educational atmospheres rich in poetic experience: https://the-toolshed.circle.so/ Web: https://www.thechildrenstradition.com/ Substack: https://childrenstradition.substack.com/ Facebook:   / 61579788214333   Instagram:   / thechildrenstradition   #Homeschooling #ClassicalEducation #PoeticLearning #HomeschoolMom #SummerSchool #CharlotteMason #ChristianHomeschool #Dictation #Copywork #TheChildrensTradition #ClassicalChristianEducation #HomeschoolLife #KalosClassical

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