Ancient, Oriental,

Sumerian, Early Egyptian

& Jewish education

Chapter 1
Education for Conformity

( Primitive Period)
 Some of the characteristics of
primitive culture are:
1.Relatively simple. ( Food, shelter, Protection)
2. Narrow social and cultural contacts.
( Conservative and superstitions)
3.Primitive life is tribal not political. ( Prescriptions,
Proscription)

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 AIMS OF PRIMITIVE EDUCATION
The life skills
▶ To Survive
▶ To Conform ( Adherence to moral code of the group)
▶ Preservation and transmission of traditions
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 Types of Education
1. Vocational and domestic training. ( Hunting , constructing a hut)
2. Religious (animistic)

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 Agencies of Education
1.Home
2.Environment

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Education for Social Stability
(Oriental Education)
 Types of Education
1. Moral Training/ Social Training
2. Theoretical/ Religious Training

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 AIMS OF EDUCATION
CHINA To preserve ancestral traditions
INDIA: To preserve of the caste system and religious beliefs
EGYPT: To preserve religious traditions
PERSIA: To strengthen military traditions

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 Agencies of Education
▶ Home.
▶ Temple

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Education for business people
( Sumerian Education)
 Sumerian Education
▶ Their king called was their
temporal as well as spiritual leader
▶ There system of writing was

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 Aims of Education
▶ Training scribes-trained to do ecclesiastical work in temples
mostly writing.
▶ Training the learners to be good and to do good things especially
their god and to humanity called namlulu.

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 Types of Education
▶ Writing Education
▶ Mathematical Education
▶ Language Education
▶ Vocational Education
▶ Professional Education

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 Agencies of Education
1.Home
2.School
3.Temple schools

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 Methods of Instruction
▶ The main work of the leaners was the preparation of tablets.
• Teacher was called
• Pupil was called
▶ was the penalty of the pupil
Who failed to prepare his tablets.

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Education for public
administration
( Early Egyptians Education )
 Ancient Egypt was the birthplace of
one of the world's first civilizations. It
thrived for 2,000 years and so
became one of the longest lasting
civilizations in history. The Nile River
was the life blood of the ancient
Egypt. It deposited a strip of rich soil,
black soil along each bank every year.
Herodotus the greek historian called
Egypt "the gift of Nile"

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 Early Egyptian Education
(3000 B.C.- 300 B.C)
A. Aims
1. Training of Scribes
2. Religious
3. Utilitarian
4. Preservation of Cultural Patterns
B. Types of Education
1. Religious, Vocational-Professional, Military, Priesthood, Home
Arts, Writing, Reading and Language Education
2. Education for Public Administrations

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 Methods of Instruction
▶ Dictation, memorization, copying, Imitation, repetition
▶ Observation and participation
▶ was used to penalize failure to learn

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 Effects/ Contributions
▶ The ancient Egyptians made outstanding contributions to the
development of civilizations
▶ government, basic forms of arithmetic and a 365-day calendar.
▶ Invented a form of picture writing called
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Education for Discipline
( Jewish Education)
 Genesis 18:19
“ For I know him that he will command his children and his house hold after
him, and they shall keep the way of the lord, to do justice and judgement.”
same as the Old Testament. “ Train up a child in the way that he should go,
and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverb 22:6) and “ Fear of
the lord is the beginning.” (Proverb9:10)

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 The Aim of Education
▶ Ethical and Religious

Method of Instructions
▶ Oral and learning by practice

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 Reporter:

Thank you Ralph John S.

Arcillas