ED 601Foundations of Education2nd Semester AY 2014-2015

The Historical Foundations of Education

by: JOSETTE B. ASENTISTA

MA PE

TOPIC OUTLINE

Ancient Education Oriental Education Sumerian Education Egyptian EducationJewish Education

Ancient Education

• Pre-literate societies (before writing)• Educational Goals: To teach survival skills,teach group• Students: Children• Instructional Methods: Informal,children imitate adults• Curriculum: Practice hunting,fishing,songs, poems,dances• Agents: Parents,tribal elders,religious leader• Influence on education:Informal,transmission of skills

ANCIENT EDUCATION

ORIENTAL EDUCATION

• CHINA (300 bc-1900 ad)• Educational Goals: Prepare elites to govern the empire according to Confusian principles• Students: Male of upper classes• Instructional Methods: Memorization and Recitation• Curriculum: Confucian classics• Agents: Government Officials• Influence on education:Written examinations for civil service

ORIENTAL EDUCATION

SUMERIAN EDUCATION

• Sumerian(2500 B.C.E.)• Educational Goals: Students were instructed

in literacy botany, zoology, mathematics,geology

among others.• Students: It was open to any boy who could

afford it. Boys started schooling at six or seven and continued for up to 10 years.

• Instructional Methods: Writing and Reading • Curriculum: practiced polytheism• Agents: priest• Influence on education:theocracy- political

and religious leadership is combined

SUMERIAN EDUCATION

EGYPTIAN EDUCATION

• Instructional Methods: Writing and Reading • Curriculum: practiced polytheism• Agents: priest• Influence on education:• (300 bc-300bc)• Educational Goals:To prepare priest according

to scribe for the empire• Students: Male of upper class• Instructional Methods: Memorization and

copying texts• Curriculum: Religion or Technical text• Agents: Priest and scribes• Influence on education: Restriction on

educational control to priest elites

EGYPTIAN EDUCATION

JEWISH EDUCATION

• Educational Goals:comes from the Bible and the Talmud• Students: Children• Instructional Methods: advised parents to

teach their children religious beliefs, law, ethical practices, and vocational skills.

• Curriculum: Religious • Agents: Rabbis taught in schools within

synagogues, places of worship and religious study.

• Influence on education: Western Learning

JEWISH EDUCATION

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