1. Charlotte Maria Shaw Mason was a British educator and reformer in England at the turn of the twentieth century.
19 Facts About Charlotte Mason
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Charlotte Mason proposed to base the education of children upon a wide and liberal curriculum.
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Charlotte Mason worked for five years under Fanny Trevor at Bishop Otter College.
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Charlotte Mason's theories have become especially influential in the Christian education and homeschooling movements.
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Charlotte Mason was born in the hamlet of Garth near Bangor on the Northwest tip of Wales, near Caernarfon.
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Charlotte Mason taught for more than ten years at Davison School in Worthing, England.
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Charlotte Mason was employed in 1874 at the Bishop Otter Teacher Training College under the Lady Principal of Fanny Trevor in Chichester.
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Charlotte Mason worked there till 1878 as Senior Governess and gave a series of lectures about the education of children under 9, later published as Home Education.
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Between 1880 and 1892, Charlotte Mason wrote a popular geography series called The Ambleside Geography Books:.
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Charlotte Mason co-founded the Parents' National Educational Union, an organisation that provided resources to parents educating their children at home.
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Charlotte Mason launched and served as editor-in-chief at the Parents' Review to keep in touch with PEU members.
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Charlotte Mason devoted her own money to the cause and wrote on its behalf.
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Charlotte Mason moved to Ambleside, England, in 1891 and established the House of Education, a training school for governesses and others working with young children.
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Charlotte Mason wrote and published several other books developing and explaining her theories of education:.
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Charlotte Mason believed that children should be fed upon the best ideas, which she called 'mind-food.
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Charlotte Mason's approach is child-centred and is focused on liberal arts.
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Today, one can find Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool curriculums in many subject areas including maths and science.
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Charlotte Mason was the first person to perceive the educational potential of Scouting applied to children.
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Later, Baden-Powell credited a governess trained by Charlotte Mason, coupled with the reputation of Charlotte Mason herself, for suggesting the educational possibilities of Scouting.