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Posted: March 14 2008 at 12:59pm | IP Logged Quote mama251ders
Does anyone here have experience with this method? There is quite a big following in our co-op, but I am afraid to show interest to them lest they bombard me with information. We are pretty secure where we are at, but I figure that it never hurts to look at other options. From my understanding it borders on un-schooling (we do to from time to time ), but I think there is more to it. There just doesn't seem to be ready information around here. Thanks so much!

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Hi Betsie,

If you do a search here, you'll find some old posts with links that were pretty helpful. Sorry I don't have time to link them as the boards close for Holy Week soon & it's past my bedtime . I did buy the George Wyeth College packet from IEW awhile back when the price was cheaper & I found them very helpful from a practical perspective.

I read the book at the right time & it really clinched some things I was already thinking about. I was insecure about homeschooling for awhile & the book helped me to put most, if not all, of those feelings behind me. There were a few key points that I needed to hear & I've really latched onto them but I don't buy the whole thing, just like I don't buy the whole anything because every family is so unique.

The book is a really quick read and if you were to able to get the book from the library or borrow it from a friend, it might be help you to at least be able to converse with your friends about it, especially once you know the lingo.

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My experience, I didn't like TJed. I didn't think there was really anything revolutionary in the thought. For me it seemed that he is just rewording what other great educators have said in the past. I'm still hung up on the fact he never brings in the heirarchy of learning (i.e. Bloom). I hate the editing in the book and other things as well. It was very hard for me to read at times. And to be perfectly honest, I don't follow that dad is the head of the household.

Read the other classics like Maria Montessori or even Gatto or Gardner. Okay, I did like 1 thing...the definition he gives of classics which are books you keep coming back to. I do like that, but in terms of looking at learning styles or how to teach, I just don't find it much for me. I am pretty much a child centered person and feel that I give my children things they can work on during the day. I strive for higher level thinking in them and read a ton.
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What sticks out in TJE for me is the emphasis on the mentoring relationship, and the parents educating themselves in Great Books and Great Ideas so that they can better teach their children.

Julia wrote a good blog about TJE

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She only mentions four of the seven "principles" so I found a discussion of the rest of them here

I like the ideas and I know for some of my friends they help affirm and put into words their own intuitions about homeschooling, but I didn't care much for the editing and style of the book, either.   

There is a blogpost at Running River Latin School where the author of Latin Centered Curriculum discusses TJE compared to LCC -- it was interesting to read for me so I thought it might interest some of you as well.

The TJE authors don't talk much about learning styles or hierarchies of learning but they do focus on different "phases" of the learner's development.   These are described here

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