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02-28-2010, 08:41 PM | #1 |
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The Trivium - the most important thing in education left out
I am reading a book called The Trivium - The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric by Sister Miriam Jospeh.
It is amazing. The Trivium is the name given to the curriculum given to educated people in medieval times. It was the foundation for what was known as the Liberal Arts. The Liberal Arts were designed for people who were educated in them to think for themselves and become able to educate themselves in any other subject. This led onto the Quadrivium - astronomy, geometry, mathematics and music. Once this education was complete, the receiver of this knowledge was able to think critically and communcate well. They could learn independantly. I first heard about the Trvium and the Liberal Arts from this podcast a few weeks ago. Give it a try: http://gnosticmedia.podomatic.com/ Also, here is the wikipedia page with some other links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivium_(education) Now I'm getting to the bit that makes me angry. I am a teacher. I have gone through 13 years of school education, followed by a 4 year degree and then a 1 year teaching degree. I have taught science for 3 years. Did anyone ever mention the Liberal Arts? No. Do yourselves a favour and learn them for yourselves because no educational institution wants to teach you this stuff. You'd almost think they didn't want people to be independant learners and critical thinkers. |
03-03-2010, 09:49 AM | #2 | |
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Re: The Trivium - the most important thing in education left out
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However, seeing how often fallacies are used by our government, education and media, it soon becomes clear why they want us vulnerable to their biggest tool. This discovery was then I knew yet another silly "conspiracy theory" was a stone cold fact: that we were deliberately being dumbed down. Good post! |
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