Historical Educational Curriculum Agents Influences

Group or Goals on Western

Period Education

Arabic A.D. • To cultivate • Reading, • Mosques, • Arabic

700 – A.D. religious writing, court schools numerals and
1350 commitment mathematics, computations
to Islamic religious • Re-entry of
beliefs; literature, classical
• To develop scientific materials on
expertise in studies science and
mathematics, medicine
medicine, and
science
Historical Group or Period
 To cultivate religious commitment to Islamic beliefs;
 To develop expertise in mathematics, medicine, and
science
 Reading, writing, mathematics, religious literature,
scientific studies
 Mosques, court schools
 Arabic numerals and computations
 These numbering and counting systems (called ‘Arabic
numerals’) were developed by Muslim mathematicians,
and are still in use today. The words “zero” and “algebra”
are derived from their original Arabic names.
 With the implementation of the Arabic numbering
system, elementary calculations were perfected and the
relationships among the equal and the unequal and
prime numbers, and squares and cubes, were
elaborated.
 Re-entry of classical materials on science and
medicine
 Muslims in the medieval ages refined and applied the
experimental methods of science and attitude. They
studied mathematics, medicine, chemistry, astronomy,
geography, and other academic areas. Working in
laboratories was a customary part of their research
efforts. Their methods of gathering information in a
systematic fashion were quite workable, and have
provided a foundation for the systems in use today.