Charlotte Mason in the 21st century [forthcoming]

Elton-Chalcraft, Sally ORCID logo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3064-7249 , Van Pelt, Deani and Millar, Elizabeth (2026) Charlotte Mason in the 21st century [forthcoming]. In: Van Pelt, Deani, Millar, Elizabeth and Elton-Chalcraft, Sally, (eds.) Awakening the whole child: a Charlotte Mason philosophy of education for the 21st century. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 259-273. Full text not available from this repository.

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Abstract

This concluding chapter locates Charlotte Mason’s pedagogy and practice in the wider educational and political context by reorganising her 20 principles (introduced in Chapter 1, VanPelt) under three themes – educational underpinning (vision), political context (structure), and operationalisation of pedagogy (culture). Our book is aimed at a wide audience, including scholars, teachers, student teachers, homeschool educators, researchers, parents, theists, and non‑theists. While the majority of chapters have been written by Charlotte Mason scholars/educators, most of whom would describe themselves as committed Christians who live and breathe her ideas, some chapters are authored by Muslim or secular scholars. We hope all readers, who are both familiar and unfamiliar with this 19th‑century English Christian woman’s pedagogical ideas, will find something of interest. This chapter was conceived by one of the editors (Elton‑Chalcraft), with comments made on the draft by the other two editors.

Item Type: Book Section
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781041075271 / 9781041075264 / 9781003640950
Departments: Institute of Education > Primary PGCE
Learning Education and Development (LED)
Additional Information: Chapter 32 within book. Professor Sally Elton-Chalcraft, PhD, Professor of Social Justice in Education, University of Cumbria, UK. Dr Deani Van Pelt, Visiting Professor, University of Cumbria, UK.
Depositing User: Anna Lupton
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2025 11:17
Last Modified: 16 Dec 2025 11:17
URI: https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/9247
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