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Stages of Education Through History

By lifeisgreat
  • 3100 BCE

    EARLY CIVILIZATION

    EARLY CIVILIZATION
    -Came the invention of writing.
    -The first school appeared.
    -The teachers were scribes of the court and priests of the temple.
    -The teaching method was memorization.
  • 146 BCE

    ANCIENT ROME

    ANCIENT ROME
    -They introduced an element from Roman education that was book learning.
    -Greek and latin literature were studied.
    -Teachers read the work and students took notes and memorized.
    -The goal was to produce effective speakers.
  • 5 BCE

    ACIENT GREECE

    ACIENT GREECE
    -The goal of education was to prepare the child for adult activities as a citizen, soldier and citizen trained in the art of peace and war.
    -Education was especially for boys.
  • 1200

    MIDDLE AGES

    MIDDLE AGES
    -Roman school system had disappeared.
    -Schools were operated by the clergy.
    -Most students were members of the clergy.
    -Students learned the rudiments of Mathematics.
    -Physical activities were repressed.
  • 1300

    THE RENAISSANCE

    THE RENAISSANCE
    -Began in Italy and spread to northern Erupean countries.
    -Developed man´s intelectual, spiritual, and physical powers.
    -Liberal education.
    -Physical development was encouraged through exercise and games.
  • 1500

    THE REFORMATION

    THE REFORMATION
    -The protestants emphasized the need for universal education.
    -They establisheld elementary vercacular schools.
    -Poor children could learn reading and writing.

  • EUROPE 17th-18th CENTURY

    EUROPE 17th-18th CENTURY
    -Majority of schools remained in a stage of stagnation.
    -Teachers were considered incompetent.
    -The learning methods wre dill and memorization.
    -There were some advanced educators and philosophers: John Amos Comenius, John Locke and Jean Jacques Rosseau.

  • COLONIAL AMERICA

    COLONIAL AMERICA
    -Learning consisted of memorizing.
    -Teachers were no better prepared.
    -Appeared the first basic textbook "The new England Primer".
    -The purpose of education was to teach religion and reading.

  • UNITED STATES 18t CENTURY

    UNITED STATES 18t CENTURY
    -Practical contents.
    -Franklin´s academy offered humanist-religious curriculum, also history, geography, algebra and modern languages.
    -New text books appeared.

  • EUROPE 19th CENTURY

    EUROPE 19th CENTURY
    -National school systems were estabilshed.
    -Some countries established secondary schools for women.
    -The goal of education was the natural development of the individual child.
    -Some important educators: Prestalozzi, Friedrich, Herbart, Maria Montessori.

  • UNITED STATES 19th CENTURY

    UNITED STATES 19th CENTURY
    -Secular free schools.
    -Many reforms for the quality of teaching.
    -First public normal schools.
    -Appearead the first real college for women
    -New teaching methods.