Beauty in Education

I realise this might sound like special pleading because one of them mentions my talk in Oxford on Saturday but Stratford Caldecott has a particularly interesting set of posts on his Beauty in Education blog at the moment. The article on Education and Evangelization (with the full version here) is especially good. I hadn't come across this G K Chesterton line before, for a start: 

“Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.” 

Brilliant.

Beauty in the Word

Stratford Caldecott has just published a new and fascinating book which I would heartily recommend. It is extremely encouraging that such detailed educational thinking is going on in Catholic circles.

As he points out in his blog post, this is not the end but the beginning of a project: "Sequels to Beauty in the Word will include practical resources for parents and teachers, and we are looking for collaborators and advisers to join our working group in the coming months." These sequels could be extremely exciting for Catholic teachers on both sides of the pond.

You can purchase Beauty in the Word: Rethinking the Foundations of Education here.