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Historical Foundations of Education

1. MEDIEVAL EDUCATION
(5th-15th century A.D.)

2. Prepared by:
Veronica/Yvette/Roan/Tess

5. CHRISTIANITY: EDUCATION AS
AN INSTRUMENT OF SALVATION
EMPEROR CONSTATINE I
(Oct. 28, 312 A.D.)
saw a vision of the flaming cross with
the inscription (in this sign conquer)
before the Battle of Milvian Bridge
issued the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D.
-cessation of Christian persecution
-making Christianity the official
religion of the Roman Empire.

6. Different Schools
Catechumenal Schools –preparation for
 baptism
Catechetical Schools –in-depth training in
the doctrines of the Church
Episcopal Schools-organized by the
bishops to train the clergy
Monastic Schools –Education for Moral
and Religious discipline;

11. Aims of Monastic Education
Spiritual:
To save individual souls
Moral:
To attain the ideals of poverty, chastity and obedience
Spiritual Knowledge:
To attain the highest spiritual knowledge and to achieve
spiritual perfection
Virtue:
World Renunciation

20. THE PALACE SCHOOLS
(800 ad-814 Ad.)
Established by Charles the Great /
Charlemagne (Roman Emperor) in
Aachen, Germany
Sons of the nobles and royal family
Brought foreign teachers (Alcuin, scholar
and school master from York)
Hoped to produce intelligent
administrators both in the Church and in
the state.

21. MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITY

22. Chiv
CHIVALRY:
EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL DISCIPLINE
(10
th
century a.d.in France)

23. Character of a gentleman
•honorable
•dignified
•God-fearing
•Respectful of authority

24. Countries that flourished
these educational ideas of
chivalry
•England
•France
•other European countries
Birth to KNIGHTHOOD

25. KNIGHTHOOD
•a title given to a man by a British king
or queen for his achievements or his
service to his country.
•the order, dignity, or rank of a knight
•An educational ideal only for the noble

26. Noble
•Belonging to a hereditary class with
high social or political status
•Aristocrat

27. KNIGHT’S EDUCATION
Held in palaces and courts
3 stages ( each lasting for 7 years)
1. Page
2. Squire
3. Knight

28. On the other hand, a girl of the noble birth
was taught religion, palace rituals and ceremonies,
singing and dancing,, and the management of
household servants until her marriage to a knight.

30. LAY INVESTITURE
Controversy / the most important
conflict between secular and religious
powers in medieval Europe.
It began as a dispute in the 11th century
between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry
IV and Pope Gregory VII.
The appointment of religious officials
(commonly bishops) by secular subjects
(commonly kings or nobles).

31. THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
(toward the end of the medieval period)
Bourgeoisie (the middle class)
A new class of people between the nobles
and the peasants
They acquired their fortune from profits
in commercial and industrial endeavors
brought about by the crusaders.
Had to protect their interest against the
other classes so they established guilds

32. Guild System
Organizations of people engaged in the
same profession
Two types of Guild:
1. Merchant guild -composed of
businessmen who engaged in buying
and selling products
2. Crafts guild -composed of skilled
who manufactured and sold their
own products

33. Three Stages of the Guild System
As an apprentice -assigned to a master
who trained him in a skills he needed in
his trade
As a journeyman -he moved from one
master to another as a paid laborer,
learning new skills in the process
A Master -only after he had proven his
worth as a worker would he be accepted
as a regular or full-pledged guild member

34. Need for New School
The Chantry School
The Guild School
The Burgher School

35. Chantry school
started as a foundation
a gift of property to a priest in exchange
for his prayers for the soul of his
benefactor and latter’s family
under the supervision of priests and
clergy who trained children in grammar as
well as in Latin language

36. Guild School
Free from ecclesiastical control
Main purpose was to orient and train a
student to take over his father’s
profession upon the latter’s retirement
The predecessor of the modern
vocational school

37. Burgher School
Controlled and supported by secular
authorities based in the cities
The priests served as the teachers
They trained the students regarding
morals and religion in addition to teaching
them the three R’s