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Historical Foundation of Education Timeline

Historical Foundation of Education from 1000 BC to AD 1600 can be summarized as follows: In primitive societies from 7000 BC to 5000 BC, informal education focused on teaching survival skills, stories, and cultivating group cohesiveness through elders and priests. From 1600 BC to 300 BC in Greece, the Athenians emphasized developing well-rounded individuals through private schools teaching reading, writing, and the arts, while the Spartans focused on creating strong soldiers through military training. During the Roman era from 750 BC to AD 450, education developed administrative and military skills to serve the republic and empire through private rhetoric schools and an emphasis on practical civic skills.

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Historical Foundation of Education Timeline

Historical Foundation of Education from 1000 BC to AD 1600 can be summarized as follows: In primitive societies from 7000 BC to 5000 BC, informal education focused on teaching survival skills, stories, and cultivating group cohesiveness through elders and priests. From 1600 BC to 300 BC in Greece, the Athenians emphasized developing well-rounded individuals through private schools teaching reading, writing, and the arts, while the Spartans focused on creating strong soldiers through military training. During the Roman era from 750 BC to AD 450, education developed administrative and military skills to serve the republic and empire through private rhetoric schools and an emphasis on practical civic skills.

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Historical Foundation of Education

(Summary) 1000 BC to AD 1600

x Primitive Societies 7000 BC- 5000 BC


- Survival skills are taught (hunting,
fishing, food gathering)
- Stories, myths, songs, poem, and
dances are also taught
- Group cohesiveness are cultivated
- Parents, Tribal elders, and Priest
are the teachers
- Informal education in transmission
of skill and values

Greek 1600 BC- 300 BC


- They have civil responsibility and
identity with city - state are
cultivated Athenians

Spartans Spartans
Athenians

- they developed - they developed


well rounded soldiers and
persons military leaders

- reading, writing, - drills, military


arithmetic, drama, songs and tactics
music, physical are their main
education, concern
literature and
poetry are their
main concern

- private teachers - military teachers


and schools: and drill sergeants
Sophist; are the teachers
philosopher are
the teachers

- their concept was - their concept was


to be a well- to become a
rounded liberally military state
educated person
Roman 750 BC – AD 450

- they want to develop sense of civic


responsibility for republic and then empire

- they want to develop administrative and


military skills

- they focused on reading, arithmetic, laws


of twelve tables, law, and philosophies.

- they have private schools; schools of


rhetoric

- they emphasized on ability to use


education for practical administrative skills;
relating education to civic responsibility

Arabic AD 700 – AD 1350

- they cultivated religious commitment to


Islamic beliefs

-they developed expertise in mathematics,


medicine, and science

- their focused was on reading, writing,


mathematics, religious literature; scientific
studies

- They have mosques; court schools

- Arabic numerals and computations;


reentry of classical materials on science and
medicines was also their concern. Medieval AD 500 – AD -1400

- they developed religious commitment,


knowledge and ritual

- they wanted to re-establish social order

- they prepared a person for appropriate


roles

- they focused on reading, writing,


arithmetic, liberal arts; philosophy,
theology; crafts; military tactics and chivalry

- parish chantry and cathedral schools;


universities; apprenticeship; knighthood
was also their concern.

-they established the structure, content,


and organization of the university as a major
institution of higher education; the
institutionalization and perseverance of
knowledge.

Historical Foundation of Education (Summary) 1000 BC to AD 1600 x

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