Early Christian

Education
The Roman Catholic
Church was the

“Center of Education
and Literacy”.
AIMS OF EDUCATION

The Primary aim of Early Christian Education was the moral

regeneration of the Individual.

TYPES OF EDUCATION CONTENTS OF EDUCATION

Moral Religious

 The Basic Elements of Church Doctrine

 Church Rituals
 Moral Virtues
AGENCIES OF EDUCATION
 Catechumenal Schools
 Catechetical Schools
 Cathedral Schools

METHODS USED
 Impromptu Exposition
 Exhortation
 Example Methods
 Catechetical method
 Rote Recitation
METHODS USED
1.Catechetical method
2.Dictation- due to the scarcity of books
3.Memorization- memorize what was dictatedt them
4.Language- Latin was the only language forlearning.
5.Discipline- Teachers used the rod topunish erringpupils.
6.Meditation and contemplation- they believedthatthe deepest
spiritual experience couldbe gained onlythrough divine
inspiration.
 Financing students availed free education

 Outstanding Contributions of Education:

Conversion of more than one-half of the world into
Christianity with the highest ideals of spirituality and morality
AIMS OF MONASTIC EDUCATION

1.Spiritual- to obtain the salvation of individual souls

2.Moral- to attain the ideals of chastity, poverty and

obedience;

3.Spiritual knowledge- to attain the highest spiritual

knowledge and the purest spiritual satisfaction through
meditation, contemplation, inspiration and asceticism.
Types of Education
1.Moral and religious training- the monksengagedthemselves in
religiouscontemplation, meditation,asceticism andreligious reading and
writing;

2.Literary education- this involvedcopying ofmanuscripts and

writingoriginal manuscriptsconcerningreligion, historical events and
othermatters.

3.Manual training-they drained swamps,clearedforests, reclaimed deserts,

andmade hillsides intoorchards. Womentaught how to weave
churchhangingsand embroider altar cloths and church
Contents to be studied:
a.The Trivium composed of:

1.Grammar- language and literature

2.Dialectic- logic or right reasoning

3.Rhetoric- law and composition

b.The Quadrivium composed of
1.Geometry
2.Arithmetic
3.Music
4.Astronomy

2. Greek and Roman classical culture and literature

Organization of Grade levels:

1.At age 10, boys were admitted into the monastic

schools

2.At age 18, after training for 8 years, they were

admitted to the monastic order.

3.Later in the middle ages, many monastic schools

admitted boys and girls who did not intend to become
monks and nuns.
Muslim Education
EARLY MUSLIM EDUCATION
700 A.D. – 1350 EARLY MUSLIM

 Education would begin at a young age with study of Arabic

and the Quran, either at home or in a primary school,
which was often attached to a mosque.
AIMS OF EDUCATION IN ISLAM
• Facilitate a student’s learning in such a way as to acquire Allah’s attributes
• Teach students the fundamentals of Islam which includes: Tawheed, Iman
(faith) , Ibadah (worship), Akhlaaq (morals), Shariah (Islamic Law) and Quran
• Develop students knowledge of the Prophet and practice the teachings of his
Sunnah.
• Strengthen the connection between man and his creator.
• Preserving life’s order.
• Developing knowledge and connection with the universe. • Cultural construction.
• Nurturing the righteous individuals.
• Establishing justice.
• Protection of religion, life, intellect and wealth.
EARLY MUSLIM EDUCATION
Types:
1. Science
2. Vocational
3. Religious
EARLY MUSLIM EDUCATION
Contents to be Studied:
1. Focused on Math
2. Science
3. Literature
4. Philosophy
5. History
EARLY MUSLIM EDUCATION Agencies of
Education:

1. Elementary School
2. Secondary School
3. University
Religious School
 Maktabs (Mosque)
 Madrasa

Method of Instruction

1.Lecture
2.Observation
3.Experimentation
Financing:
 Free Primary Education
 Higher Education was a Privilege

Outstanding Contributions to Education

 Use of Decimal System
 Using the laboratory and experimental method in teaching of
Science
 
Thank
you!