Classically Educated: Dorothy Sayers and "The Lost Tools of Learning"

In many ways, the Classical education movement began with “The Lost Tools of Learning,” a lecture delivered by Dorothy Sayers at a Vacation Course in Education at Oxford in 1947. In this episode, we’ll take a look at the life of Dorothy Sayers, walk through “The Lost Tools of Learning,” examine some objections to her argument raised by Classical educators, and end with how Thales implements some of the ideas in “The Lost Tools of Learning” into our school.

Here are some links to resources referenced in today’s episode:

Direct Instruction: https://www.thalesacademy.org/academics/what-is-direct-instruction

Dorothy Sayers’ Lost Tools of Learning: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eRn-UqzHShRg5tZVifqcPEXeW3yktKfk/view?usp=sharing

Dorothy Sayers Society: https://www.sayers.org.uk/