Classical education teaches people to learn for themselves.
Grace Classical Academy is based on the classical method of education. The foundation of classical education is the “Trivium.” In the pre-college environment, the three stages of the Trivium correspond to the elementary, middle and high school grades.
During the Grammar stage, students capitalize on their God-given ability to memorize facts. They learn the basic building blocks of knowledge in many areas, primarily Bible, History, Geography, Science, Language, Math and Fine Arts. They learn through chanting, rhymes, singing and other techniques. The heart of the Grammar stage curriculum is Latin.
As children transition to the Logic stage, they begin to question what they have been told and to look for relationships between areas of knowledge. Therefore, instruction is focused on helping students to construct logically consistent arguments, building on the facts they memorized in the Grammar stage.
When young adults begin to grapple with the limitations of logic and reason, they transition to the Rhetoric stage. Now, students learn to express their positions with style and grace. Studying the Great Books (literature), theology, and the philosophies that shaped our western culture equips students to become established in a God-centered worldview.
“For the sole end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain.” Dorothy Sayers
To learn more about classical education:
The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers
What Is Classical Education? by Susan Wise Bauer
Why Classical Education? by Fritz Hinrichs