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    This document is a student paper comparing the education systems of Sparta and Athens in ancient Greece and their relevance today in Africa. Sparta focused on rigorous military training and instilling virtues of obedience, courage and physical fitness in boys from age 7. Athens emphasized a well-rounded liberal education including music, poetry and physical education. Both aimed to create patriotic citizens, but Sparta was more authoritarian while Athens stressed intellectual pursuits. The document explores similarities and differences between the two systems and their potential lessons for modern African education.

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    KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY (Main Campus)

    FACULTY: ARTS AND SCIENCES

    DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING

    COURSE CODE: EDUC 111

    COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF EDUCATION

    INSTRUCTOR: STEPHEN KAMAU

    STUDENT NAME: JOSPHINE NKATHA

    REGISTRATION NUMBER: EDU – 1 – 0076 – 1/2011

    MODE OF STUDY: SCHOOL BASED

    TASK: Comparison and contrast of the Spartan and Athenian


    education including their relevance to education practices in
    Africa today.
    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    1.0 INTRODUCTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- .1

    2.0 EARLY EDUCATION IN GREECE ---------------------------------------------------.2

    2.1 EDUCATION IN SPARTA ------------------------------------------------------------------.2


    2.1.1 INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------.2
    2.1.2 AIMS OF SPARTAN EDUCATION: ------------------------------------------------.2
    2.1.3 VIRTUALS EMPHASIZED: ----------------------------------------------------------.3
    2.1.4 THE METHODOLOGY OF ATTAINING THE VIRTUALS: ----------------.3

    2.2 EDUCATION IN ATHENS. -----------------------------------------------------------------.5


    2.2.1 INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------.5
    2.2.2 AIMS OF SPARTAN EDUCATOIN -------------------------------------------------.5
    2.2.3 VIRTUALS EMPASIZED -------------------------------------------------------------.5
    2.2.4 METHODS OF ATTAINING THE VIRTUALS ----------------------------------.5
    2.2.5 HELLENIC INFLUENCE AND LATER EDUCATION.------------------------.7

    3.0 COMPARISON OF EDUCATION IN SPARTA AND ATHEN---------------.8


    3.1 SIMILARITIES BETWEEN EDUCATION IN SPARTA AND IN ATHEN .-.8
    3.2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EARLY EDUCATION IN SPARTA AND IN
    ATHEN.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.8

    4.0 RELEVANCE OF THE SPARTAN AND ATHENEAN EDUCATION TO


    AFRICAN EDUCATION TODAY.
    -------------------------------------------------------10

    5.0 CONCLUSION -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12

    REFERENCE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13

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