Medieval Vs. Medieval Education

From the dawn of time, education has been the past's greatest utility in survival. Through learning, skills that have been passed down from the errors of others, communities were able to learn and grow with each other. Simple public education systems began to pop up to educate the youth and the curious, and ever since the first school systems began there has been room for improvement. The largest reforms of the educational system began at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

During this time the need for schools and education was recognized and the need for moral education was high on the list of priorities. Children could be taught from 5, but of course this would depend on their family’s economic status and also whether they were male or female as boys were given priority. Girls were often sent to convents and either stayed until their family had raised enough money for a dowry or stayed on and went into the sisterhood.

Saint Thomas More stated “One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.” (Good reads.) Saint Thomas More is saying that children are taught, but they are not learning things like right from wrong. “the advantages of so excellent an education, are judged worthy of harder usage” (Utopia.) I believe that this quote is stating that in present times people may be judged or mistreated for either having a lower or higher education than other people. “They sometimes seem to fly when it is far from their thoughts; and when they intend to give ground, they do it so that it is very hard to find out their design” (Utopia.) Shows that some may be distracted from what they truly believe so having a great education would show them the correct

Life during the middle ages (1066-1485) was dictated by how much money you had. Were you a noble? Or were you a peasant. Your quality of life was in direct proportion to your status. Lords of the Noble class ruled territories, also known as villages. These villages mainly consisted of one room houses, with maybe a church and a blacksmith shop. Peasants or serfs lived in these villages and worked under said Lord. Daily life was all about survival. The days were spent planting and growing food, harvesting the crop, sewing clothes, and making any supplies that were needed to survive. Trading between different villages was something that was only done as a last resort. People in each village worked together to make their own village

Education was very important in Ancient Rome. The rich people in Rome would put a lot of faith in education. Poor people in the contrary didn't receive

The education of women in Medieval Europe is hard pinpoint primarily because the view of the education of young girls and adult women were that they were intellectually inferior to men as well as naturally. It was believed that they could not learn anything but the basic things that could make them a better wife or nun; these thoughts regarding their intellectual abilities usually came from science and the Bible. Noble woman were usually educated and their literary works were protected from criticism because of their status. Some queens like Margaret of Navarre and Catherine Parr did write poems and meditations. A good deal about a women’s education can be deduced from the didactic works addressed to them throughout the Middle Ages, especially from the early 13th century onwards stated by (Power, 1975). The education of woman was mainly vocational meaning usually the nuns were the most educated but there were other ways for women to acquire education. One way was schools set up by nunneries which mainly taught women most of higher status secondly, you could be sent to the home of great ladies where you could `learn breeding or you could go the local elementary schools for girls and lastly by apprenticeships.

Let 's start with where we would be as children in London. The boys would be at a school getting a public education; the girls would be at home getting a private education from a tutor. Although a girl 's education would usually include reading and arithmetic, most of her schooling was learning how to become a proper lady. If you were wealthy though, girl or boy, you would have a private tutor at your home with a more broad range of topics. There are three main

Education is a fundamental provision that needs to be considered in any society. The reason as to why it seems to be regarded to be fundamental in the life of human beings is because it imparts sanity to the [person who has acquired some education as compared to the person who has not acquired education. The literate person tends to behave in a different way like the one illiterate one. Education in the past was delivered in a different way unlike the current generation that is basically full of computerization. Eleanor Roosevelt is one of the writers who take back to the ancient days of 1800 where the education system was different when we approached

Civilization has been shaped by many things throughout its progression in the world. One of the most important assets to civilization and the fundamental values in which our world is today is Philosophy. The thought provoking and outward thinkers of the past invited different perspectives that provoked movements that have inspired luxuries that are enjoyed today like democracy, advanced medical technology, and freedom of expression in the forms of art. This would not have been possible without the introduction of formalized education that were introduced in the first universities that were introduced in the Middle Ages in Europe. The progression of educational reform has assisted in further cultivating and shaping society and has created the

The Middle Ages were a time of progress for Europe in which education, economics, and architecture all flourished. High levels of education were offered throughout Europe to many different people. One example of this is Richer, a French monk, who received the opportunity to study the works of Hippocrates with Heriband, who was a clerk of Chartes. The first universities opened in Europe during the Middle Ages also. The University of Bologna opened in 1088 and nine more universities had opened their doors by 1241. There were many different systems of currency for which conversions were needed. This indicates that during the Middle Ages, a very widespread, complex economic system existed. New archrtechtural designs were seen in buildings,

In America’s history, the structure of colonial education was different between gender, race and classes. Young, white men had more educational opportunities than any other group of people during the 18th century. The early education was seen as the responsibility of the family, but if the families were wealthy enough, they would send their child to formal education, however, public schools were virtually nonexistent. Low-income families would just teach the boys the basic skills because they were too valuable as farmers. Girls were taught basic reading and writing skills, but mainly taught homemaking skills like sewing, cooking and cleaning. Most colonial families thought it was unnecessary to educate girls on the same level as their brothers, but some well-off families knew education for girls was important because they would need to teach their future children. Jane Franklin, Ben Franklin’s sister, was not able to attend any schooling, while her brother was able to attend two years (Lepore, 2011). This is due to society believing that it is more valuable for a boy to get an education than a girl. These gender norms were socially constructed by society and therefore, restricted the educational privilege of young girls.

Families that wanted to educated their females had very few options of schooling. They could be home-schooled or go to a Dame school. There was a third option of getting a tutor but that was rare and very expensive, it was mostly for guys and the girls would sit in. Girls that were home-schooled were taught how to read and write at home they would read the bible. Dame schools were mostly for girls but boys also attended, girls were more likely to go because public schools were primarily for boys. The children here were taught by women who were not that educated themselves. These schools taught the four Rs reading, riting, rithmetic,

Medieval Europe is often discussed as a whole, but despite its connection, it is far from homogenous. Although each country had its individual differences, it is helpful to divide Medieval Europe into the High and Low Countries. The Low Countries had a high degree of urbanization from the textile industry. In addition to the high level of urbanization, the Low Country was remarkably literate. This was especially notable because it also applied largely to women of higher and middle social strata. Women also made up the majority of the population. Elementary schools were usually co-educational, and even when it was not, there was no indication that the instruction provided was any different. In higher education however, a gender gap was prevalent. Some schools existed for girls, but the instruction was not as good. However, the meer existence of those schools proves that there was a demand for them.

Education for children.Since education was not compulsory by law in England until the 19th century we tend to think that people in the Middle Ages were unable to read or write.“Education for children in the Middle Ages was mostly done by word of mouth from parents to children. Only wealthier families had the money for any sort of formal education. This form of schooling consisted of learning to read and write in the child’s native language and Latin.”Most children learned to read, either at home, in church schools, or town schools.Girls also learned to read at home or were sent to nunneries( a building or group of buildings in which nuns live). For most it was a cases of the children teaching what they learned in school to their parents at home. Hornbooks were also used to teach the alphabet(also used for spanking naghty children).

Education has been around for centuries. Since the beginning of time. All the way back to the time of Noah from the Bible. There have been many different styles, teaching and tactics of education. From learning the basics in the beginning of time like speaking languages, writing and the word of God, to what teachers are teaching today in normal schools like science, history, math, english, the list goes on. Throughout history people have been educated in very many numerous ways like being self taught, having a tutor, learning from family members, online school, home school, and also just plain old sitting in a classroom and being taught by a teacher with many students around one another. As time has gone by