Dorothy Sayers: Lost Tools of Learning

By: Classical Academic Press

Narrated by: Victoria Twigg

In 1947, British scholar, playwright, and novelist Dorothy Sayers stood in an Oxford hall and delivered a speech that would become a catalyst of the current classical education movement.

The Lost Tools of Learning is a flagship address presenting the tools that were given to students in the Middle Ages via the trivium, the study of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. For perhaps the first time, these trivium subjects were applied by Sayers to students' developmental stages. She also advocates the integration of subjects, and explains that training students to learn on their own is the chief goal of education.

This essay, which has influenced subsequent classical educators, is now available as an audio recording with the feel of being in the hall hearing Ms. Sayers herself. Read by native Briton Victoria Twigg, and introduced by Dr. Christopher Perrin.

©2007 Classical Academic Press (P)2017 Classical Academic Press

Foundation for European Education

Herein are the elements of education for those of European descent. Dorothy Sayers describes the required tools for developing a mind capable of fending off propaganda and of self-learning.

much needed

this insightful essay ought to be required learning for everyone. entertaining and informative. highly recommended.

Brilliant!

This should be required listening for all educators! Modern education is failing our children and this failing our society.

Enlightening!!

So much wonderful, thought provoking information in such a small package. This speech is packed with meaningful words.

Not new, but still very interesting.

This is a short discourse on why the main objective of all education is self-education, or independent learning. With the accelerated growth of knowledge since the date it was first delivered, its message about lifelong learning is perhaps more relevant now than ever.

Not crazy about the hokey "re-enactment" presentation.