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EDUCATION OF ANCIENT GREEKS
Greek education was vastly democratized in
5th century B.C. influenced by:
- Sophist
- Plato
- Socrates
Gymnasium considered as inextricable
prerequisite for participation in Greek culture
Two Forms of Education:
1. Formal Education
- attained thru attendance to a public school or
was provided by a hired tutor
- primarily for men in general
- not offered to slaves, manual laborers or
women
2. Informal Education
- Provided by an unpaid teacher and occurred in
non-public setting
- Young girls would receive an informal
education from her mother and would be
taught:
Maintain household
Raising children
Preparing foods
Making textiles
Education was an essential component of a
personal identity in Ancient Greece, and the
type of education a person received was based
strongly in ones social class, the culture of
ones polis, and the opinion of ones culture on
what education should include.
Greek education focused heavily on training the
entire person which includes education of mind,
body and imagination.
Athenian System
- Traditionally gave more attention to music,
literature, dance, and later to the natural
sciences such as:
Biology
Chemistry
Philosophy
Geometry
Astronomy
Rhetoric
Sophistry art of presenting arguments using
deception and reason to persuade the public to
agree to certain point of view.
Gymnasium
- Taught by private teacher called paidotribe
- Boys begin training necessary for improving
ones appearance, preparation for war, and
good health.
System
1. Elementary
2. Gymnasium
3. Secondary
4. Post Secondary
Spartan System
- all male citizens become successful soldiers
with the stamina and skills to defend their polis
- only the healthiest male babies born are
allowed to live
- education emphasizes on military training
Education of Spartan Women
- unlike Athenian women, Spartan women
received a formal education that was
supervised and controlled by the state
- women are expected to run the polis while the
men were at the war
- Spartan women received informal physical
education when they reach 18
Run
Wrestle
Throw discuss
Javelin
