Progressive education completely dominates the educational landscape in American higher education. However, recent evidence from cognitive science interestingly supports much of what classical education has promoted - a few samples are below connecting classical education strategies with principles of the mind from cognitive science (from Daniel T. Willingham & John Sweller):
Classical Education Strategy - Cognitive Principle of the Mind
- Fun memorization at young ages - Memory is the residue of thought
- Repeat, practice, and revisit - Practice is required for developing expertise
- Study expert modeled examples - Providing worked examples reduces first and then do on your own cognitive load of students
These are just a few examples.
I am interested in any articles, books, and comments from scholars that might help my exploration of this topic. Thanks in advance!
See if the following articles / links may be of help to you:
http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1164&context=ce
http://inased.org/v9n1/ijpev9n1.pdf
http://www.angelicum.net/classical-homeschooling-magazine/second-issue/classical-vs-modern-education-the-principal-difference/
http://www.macalester.edu/~reedy/Samos07-ULTIssima-3%5B1%5D.pdf
See whether these help:
Hirst, P. H. (1972) 'Liberal education and the nature of knowledge', in Archambault, R. (ed.), Philosophical Analysis and Education. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp. 113-138.
Moore, A. (2015) Understanding the School Curriculum. Abingdon: Routledge.Read Chapter 4 'Knowledge', pp. 65-85.
Scott, D. (2008) Critical Essays on Major Curriculum Theorists. Abingdon: Routledge.
Read Chapter 4 'Paul Hirst and foundationalism', pp. 42-51.
Dearden, R. F. (1972) 'Education as a process of growth', in Dearden, R.F., Hirst, P.H. & Peters, R.S. (eds.) A Critique of Current Educational Aims. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Read Part 1 of Education and the Development of Reason, pp. 63-82.
Look at John Hattie's research. He has some effect sizes for both from his meta-analysis. You can find them his Visible Learning website.
Mr. Krahenbuhl,
Please find few titles which could be useful (Refs. 1-5):
Refs 1-5:
1. Classical Humanism and the Challenge of Modernity: Debates on Classical Education in 19th-century Germany, Bommel, B. van, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2015, 248 S. Serie: Philologus. Supplemente, Vol. 1, ISBN: 9783110365436.
2. Progressive Education: A Critical Introduction, Howlett, J. London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2013, 313 S, ISBN: 0826440916.
3. Higher education for democracy: experiments in progressive pedagogy at Goddard College, Schapiro, S. New York, DC, Lang, 1999, 292 S.
4. Classical Humanism and the Challenge of Modernity: Debates on Classical Education in 19th-century Germany Philologus. Vol.1, B. van Bommel; Walter De Gruyter, 2015; In Serie: Philologus. Supplemente/Philologus. Supplementary Volumes, ISBN: 311036543X.
5. The classical German concept of the university and its influence on higher education in the United States, Röhrs, H.; Frankfurt am Main, Lang, 1995, 128 S.
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