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education
Table of Contents
Introduction & Top Questions
Education in primitive and early civilized cultures
Prehistoric and primitive cultures
Education in the earliest civilizations
The Old World civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and North China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
North China
The New World civilizations of the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas
The Maya
The Aztecs
The Incas
Education in classical cultures
Ancient India
The Hindu tradition
The introduction of Buddhist influences
Classical India
Indian influences on Asia
Ancient China
The Zhou period
Xi (Western) Zhou (1046–771
bce
)
Dong (Eastern) Zhou (770–256
bce
)
The Qin–Han period
Qin autocracy (221–206
bce
)
Scholarship under the Han (206
bce
–220
ce
)
Introduction of Buddhism
Ancient Hebrews
Ancient Greeks
Origins
Sparta
Athens
Education of youth
Higher education
The Hellenistic Age
The institutions
Physical education
The primary school
Secondary education
Higher education
Ancient Romans
Early Roman education
Roman adoption of Hellenistic education
Roman modifications
Education of youth
Higher education
Education in the later Roman Empire
Education in Persian, Byzantine, early Russian, and Islamic civilizations
Ancient Persia
The Byzantine Empire
Stages of education
Elementary education
Secondary education
Higher education
Professional education
Early Russian education: Kiev and Muscovy
The Islamic Era
Influences on Muslim education and culture
Aims and purposes of Muslim education
Organization of education
Major periods of Muslim education and learning
Influence of Islamic learning on the West
Europe in the Middle Ages
The background of early Christian education
From the beginnings to the 4th century
From the 5th to the 8th century
The Irish and English revivals
The Carolingian renaissance and its aftermath
The cultural revival under Charlemagne and his successors
Influences of the Carolingian renaissance abroad
Education of the laity in the 9th and 10th centuries
The medieval renaissance
Changes in the schools and philosophies
Monastic schools
Urban schools
New curricula and philosophies
Thomist philosophy
The development of the universities
The Italian universities
The French universities
The English universities
Universities elsewhere in Europe
General characteristics of medieval universities
Lay education and the lower schools
Education in Asian civilizations:
c.
700 to the eve of Western influence
India
The foundations of Muslim education
The Mughal period
China
The Tang dynasty (618–907
ce
)
The Song (960–1279)
The Mongol period (1206–1368)
The Ming period (1368–1644)
The Manchu period (1644–1911/12)
Japan
The ancient period to the 12th century
The feudal period (1192–1867)
Education of the warriors
Education in the Tokugawa era
Effect of early Western contacts
European Renaissance and Reformation
The channels of development in Renaissance education
The Muslim influence
The secular influence
The humanistic tradition in Italy
Early influences
Emergence of the new gymnasium
Nonscholastic traditions
The humanistic tradition of northern and western Europe
Dutch humanism
Juan Luis Vives
The early English humanists
Education in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Luther and the German Reformation
The English Reformation
The French Reformation
The Calvinist Reformation
The Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation
The legacy of the Reformation
European education in the 17th and 18th centuries
The social and historical setting
The new scientism and rationalism
The Protestant demand for universal elementary education
Education in 17th-century Europe
Central European theories and practices
The pedagogy of Ratke
The pedagogy of Comenius
The schools of Gotha
French theories and practices
Courtly education
The teaching congregations
Female education
English theories and practices
The Puritan reformers
Royalist education
The academies
Education in 18th-century Europe
Education during the Enlightenment
John Locke’s empiricism and education as conduct
Giambattista Vico, critic of Cartesianism
The condition of the schools and universities
The background and influence of Pietism
August Hermann Francke
Johann Julius Hecker
The background and influence of naturalism
The Sensationists
The Rousseauists
The influence of nationalism
France
National education under enlightened rulers
England
European offshoots in the New World
Spanish and Portuguese America
French Québec
British America
New England
The new academies
The middle colonies
The Southern colonies
Newfoundland and the Maritime Provinces.
Western education in the 19th century
The social and historical setting
The early reform movement: the new educational philosophers
Pestalozzi
The pedagogy of Pestalozzi
The influence of Pestalozzi
Froebel and the kindergarten movement
The pedagogy of Froebel
The kindergarten movement
Herbart
The psychology and pedagogy of Herbart
The Herbartians
Other German theorists
French theorists
Spencer’s scientism
Development of national systems of education
Germany
Humboldt’s reforms
Developments after 1815
Girls’ schools
The new German universities
France
Development of state education
Secondary education
England
Elementary Education Act
Secondary and higher education
Russia
The United States
The educational awakening
Secondary education
Education for females
Higher education
The British dominions
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
The spread of Western educational practices to Asian countries
India
Education under the East India Company
Indian universities
Japan
The Meiji Restoration and the assimilation of Western civilization
Establishment of a national system of education
The conservative reaction
Establishment of nationalistic education systems
Promotion of industrial education
Education in the 20th century
Social and historical background
Major intellectual movements
Influence of psychology and other fields on education
Traditional movements
New foundations
Progressive education
Child-centred education
Scientific-realist education
Social-reconstructionist education
Major trends and problems
Western patterns of education
The United Kingdom
Early 19th to early 20th century
Education Act of 1944
The comprehensive movement
Further education
Germany
Imperial Germany
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Changes after World War II
France
The Third Republic
Changes after World War II
Other European countries
Italy
The Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
The United States
Expansion of American education
Curriculum reforms
Federal involvement in local education
Changes in higher education
Professional organizations
Canada
Canadian educational reforms
The administration of public education
Australia and New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand
Revolutionary patterns of education
Russia: from tsarism to communism
Before 1917
1917–30
The Stalinist years, 1931–53
The Khrushchev reforms
From Brezhnev to Gorbachev
Perestroika and education
China: from Confucianism to communism
The modernization movement
Education in the republic
Education under the Nationalist government
Education under communism
Post-Mao education
Communism and the intellectuals
Patterns of education in non-Western or developing countries
Japan
Education at the beginning of the century
Education to 1940
Education changes during World War II
Education after World War II
South Asia
Pre-independence period
The postindependence period in India
The postindependence period in Pakistan
The postindependence period in Bangladesh
The postindependence period in Sri Lanka
Africa
Ethiopia
Liberia
South Africa
General influences and policies of the colonial powers
Education in Portuguese colonies and former colonies
German educational policy in Africa
Education in British colonies and former colonies
Education in French colonies and former colonies
Education in Belgian colonies and former colonies
Problems and tasks of African education in the late 20th century
The Middle East
Colonialism and its consequences
The second half of the 20th century
The Islamic revival
Migration and the brain drain
Latin America
The heritage of independence
Administration
Primary education and literacy
Secondary education
Higher education
Reform trends
Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Malaysia and Singapore
Indonesia
Philippines
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam
Global trends in education
The development and growth of national education systems
Education and social cohesion
Education and social conflict
Education and personal growth
Education and civil society
Education and economic development
Global enrollment trends since the mid-20th century
Primary-level school enrollments
Secondary-level school enrollments
Tertiary-level school enrollments
Other developments in formal education
Literacy as a measure of success
Global commitments to education and equality of opportunity
Access to education
Implications for socioeconomic status
Social consequences of education in developing countries
The role of the state
Social and family interaction
Alternative forms of education
References & Edit History
Quick Facts & Related Topics
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a classroom in Brazil
Students and an instructor in a classroom in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
© Joa Souza/Shutterstock.com
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead.
Cornell Capa/Magnum
Hesiod
Hesiod, detail of a mosaic by Monnus, 3rd century; in the Rhenish State Museum, Trier,...
Courtesy of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier, Ger.
Plato
Plato, marble portrait bust, from an original of the 4th century bce;...
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Aristotle
Detail of a Roman copy (2nd century bce) of a...
© A. Dagli Orti—De Agostini/Getty Images
Virgil
Virgil (centre) holding a scroll with a quotation from the
Aeneid
, with...
Courtesy of the Musée Le Bardo, Tunis
Ivan IV
Ivan IV, icon, late 16th century; in the National Museum, Copenhagen.
The National Museum of Denmark, Department of Ethnography
Peter I the Great
Peter I the Great, portrait by Aert de Gelder (1645–1727); in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (object no. SK-A-116)
University of Heidelberg
University of Heidelberg's Old University building, also known as the Domus Wilhelmina,...
© Heidelberger Kongress und Tourismus GmbH
courtyard of the madrasah of Sultan Ḥasan
The courtyard of the madrasah of Sultan Ḥasan, Cairo, 1356–62.
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Juan Luis Vives
Juan Luis Vives, engraving by Jean-Jacques Boissard from
Icones quinquaginta
,...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther, oil on panel by Lucas Cranach, 1529; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Photos.com/Getty Images
John Calvin
John Calvin.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-08225)
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery,...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
Madame de Maintenon
Madame de Maintenon, detail of a portrait by Pierre Mignard; in the Louvre, Paris.
Giraudon—Art Resource/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
John Locke
The philosopher John Locke, oil on canvas by Herman Verelst, 1689; in the National...
Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/REX/Shutterstock.com
August Hermann Francke
August Hermann Francke, engraving.
BBC Hulton Picture Library
illustration of Émile from
Émile; or, On Education
Illustration of Émile from
Émile; or, On Education
(1762), by Jean-Jacques...
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, drawing in pastels by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, 1753; in...
Courtesy of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva; photograph, Jean Arlaud
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm, Freiherr (baron) von Humboldt, oil painting by F. Kruger.
Bruckmann/Art Resource, New York
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts; in the National Portrait...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
Horace Mann
Horace Mann.
Courtesy of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce, detail of an unfinished painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1828;...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry, detail of a Japanese watercolor, c. 1853; in the Chrysler Museum of...
The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk Newspapers' Art Trust Purchase and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Spark in Memory of their Son Donald, 52.55.2
Francis Parker
Francis Parker.
Courtesy of Chicago History Museum
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher, 1983.
AP
Vladimir Lenin; Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin addressing a crowd during the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin.
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, 1966.
Eastfoto
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi.
History Archive/REX/Shutterstock.com
Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie, 1967.
AP
William V.S. Tubman
William V.S. Tubman.
Camera Press/Pictorial Parade
Leopold II
Leopold II, portrait bust by Ottavio Giovannozzi, 1846; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Max Weber
Max Weber, 1918.
Leif Geiges
Karl Marx
Karl Marx, c. 1870.
From
Karl Marx's Oekonomische Lehren
, by Karl Kautsky, 1887
Kentucky: African American school, early 1900s
African American school near Henderson, Kentucky, U.S., early 1900s.
National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Page from the Codex Mendoza (begun 1541) depicting Aztec education of boys and girls.
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Students using computers in a classroom.
© BananaStock
The unrewarding role of the public schoolmaster as depicted in an American lithograph...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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