Education - Has always been a social process wherein a community, society or nation
has sought to
transmit to emergent question those traditional aspects
of its culture which were considered fundamental and vital for its own stability
and survival
Education for conformity (primitive ed)
- the main goal of primitive education was merely to survive and to conform to the
tribe.
- another aim og primitive education was preservation and transmission of
tradition.
Characteristics of primitive Culture
- Relatively simple
- Relatively narrow social and cultural contacts
- extraordinary conservative and prone to superstitions
- the organizational of primitive life is tribal not political so that one function
of education is to enable one to live with his relatives
- absence from primitive...
types of education (during primitive ed)
Vocational and Domestic Training- practical activities necessary to stay alive
Religious(animistic) - learning through participating in rituals to please or
appease the spirits
Methods of Instruction
- Enculturation
- Observation and Imitation
- Telling and Demonstration
- Participation
Agencies of Education
Home - no formal agency for education the family was the center for practical
training
Environment- is the good place for learning
The effects
-Culture was passed on and preserved for generation
- Tribes were able to meet their economic needs and were able to survive
- People were able to adjust and adopt to political and social life
Education for Social Stability (oriental education)
Aims of education
china : To preserve and perpetuate ancestral tradition
india : to preserve traditions of the
egypt : to preserve religious traditions
persia: to strengthen military traditions
Types of Education
Moral Training / Social Training : Customs, Duties and polite behavior, Ethical
aspects of discipline
Theoretical / Religious Training: Language, Literature and Religious beliefs,
Elementary and higher levels
Methods of Instruction
-Memorization
- Direct Imitation
- Trial and error
- Concious imitation
- Indoctrination
Agencies of Education
-Pagoda
-Temple
-Under the trees
The effects
Has influenced the inclusion of liberal education in all levels
Stressed the complimentary development of the human person for the social
transformation
Intertwined the holistic integration of human personality for his cultural
improvement
The concept of education for individuality furnished the first real conception of
life
Stability was achieved but lacking in progressiveness
Education for Business Development (sumerian ed)
Sumerians were indo-european, they reclaimed swamps around the mouth of the rivers.
Their priest were commercial people. Their king called patesi was their temporal as
well as spiritual leader.
Aims of Sumerian Education
- Train the scibes to do ecclesiastical work in the temple
- Train bookkeepers to record
Types of Education
Writing Education - their system of writing is called cuneiform
- this form of writing were later used by the akkadians, assyrians, babylonians,
Persians and Egyptians
Mathematical education - there was a little arithmetic most likely include counting
Education for public administration (egyptian ed)
History
- it is birthplace of one of the worlds first civilizations
- one of the longest lasting civilizations in history
- ancient egypt was called by their citizens as kemet or black land after the
fertile dark soil
- herodutus called egypt as the gift of the nile because of the water used for
irrigation purposes and as the main transport route
Aims of egyptian ed
To train scribes
Types of educations
Religious Education
Vocational-professional education
military education
Agencies of Education
Temple School
Military School
Court School
Vocational School
Methods of instruction
Apprenticeship
Dictation, memorization, copying, imitation, repetition
Observation and participation
Flogging - was used to penalized failure to learn
Effects/Contribution
-Made outstanding contributions to the development of civilization
-Invented a form of a picture called hieroglypics
-invented the papyrus paper
The Downfall of Egypt
Egypt declined due to the refusal of the priestly class to change accepted rules
and practices
Education for Discipline (Jewish education)
Aim of education was ethical and religious. this was taught by the parents whose
goal is the performance and observance of the mosaic law
Method of Instruction was Oral and Learning by Practice, corporal punishment was
regarded as an essential element in training
