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Class Presentation – Chps. 2-4
Greek EducationGreek Educational Theory
Roman Education
Jane Metty & S. Enrico Indiogine
History of Education – EDCI 658
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Historical Events - Greece
480 BCE Naval battle of Salamis431-404 BCE Peloponnesian War338 BCE Battle of Chaeronea331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela
387 BCE Plato founds the Academy (Akademeia)334 BCE Aristotle founds the Lyceum (Lúkeion)
529 CE Justinian closes the Academy
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Historical Events - Rome
509 BCE Founding of the Republic190 BCE Battle of Magnesia146 BCE End of Greek independence
44 BCE Julius Caesar is murdered
106 – 43 BCE Cicero35 – 95 CE Quintillian
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Discussion Topics – Chapter 2
● The Greek epic literature● Greek Culture and Society● Greek Politics – the polis● The playwrights● Independence, prosperity, and disruptive social changes.● Spartan versus Athenian education
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Discussion topics for Chapter 3● The sophists – 470 to 370 BCE● The philosophers● Socrates – 469 to 399 BCE● Plato – 427 to 347 BCE● Aristotle – 384 to 322 BCE● Isocrates – 436 to 338 BCE● Epicurus – 342 to 270 BCE ● Zeno – 340 to 265 BCE
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The Great Philosophers
Platoc. 428/42 –
c. 348/347 BCE
Socratesc. 470-399
BCE
Aristotle 384-322 BCE
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Discussion topics for Chapter 4
Education in the early Roman Republic
mos maiorum, patria potestas
pietas, pudor, tirocinium fori
Education in the late Roman Republic
Greek influence, ludi magister, grammaticus
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Connections between the chapters
● The values of the society and education● The sectors of society and education● The state and the educational system● The 'thinkers' and the educational system
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More connections between the chapters
● Greek education in Roman society● Bilingual education for the Roman elite
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ReferencesMap of ancient Greece: http://www.webwinds.com/thalassa/ancgreecemap.htm
Gutek, G.L, A History of the Western Educational Experience, Long Grove: Waveland Press, 1995.
http://www.bible.ca/maps
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/Jardin/ecole-d-athenes_english.html