EARLY EGYPTIAN

EDUCATION

 JENNIFER S. HOMBRE
 PRESENTER
 EARLY EGYPTIAN EDUCATION
 government was autocratic ruled by a king
called Pharaoh –
 Egyptians were polytheistic –
 They worshipped the sun god, Ra or Amon Ra

and Osiris who judge the dead; Horus, god of

day; Set, their Satan –
 They were firm believers in life after death

that’s why they build many temples

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 AIMS OF EDUCATION
 1. Training of scribes
 Scribes as a Profession
 Surviving documents
 describe a few female doctors
 in ancient Egypt and those women
received training as scribes to enable them to read
medical texts and treatises.
A scribe's extended education included practising
writing hundreds of hieroglyphs and symbols that
made up the Egyptian language.
 2. Religious- inculcate proper respect for the gods
and the pharaoh

 The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an

integral part of the people's everyday lives. It is not
surprising then that there were over 2,000 deities
in the Egyptian pantheon
 AIMS OF EDUCATION
 3. Utilitarian- the father and mother wanted
to transfer their skills in his occupation and
her skills in keeping house.
Domestic training, religious and vocational-
professional types dominated
 Egyptian education
 4. Preservation of cultural
 patterns
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TYPES OF EDUCATION
1. Religious education- to inculcate in the minds of
the learners proper respect for the gods, moral
conduct, and preparation for life after death.
 2. Vocational- professional education- they wanted to
perpetuate the artistic skills that embellished their
temples
 3. Military education- only for the sons of the nobles
 4. Education for public administration- for those who
aspired for positions in the government
 TYPES OF EDUCATION
5. Priesthood education- for those who aspired
to become priests
6. Home arts education- vocational and offered
for women
7. Writing, reading, and language education
Egyptians used hieroglyphics form of writing
 CONTENT TO BE STUDIED
 1. Reading, writing and
language
 2. Religious and secular
 literature- study of

aphorisms
 proverbs, moral judgments
 3. Artistry in metal and
 lapidary
4. Mathematics
especially geometry and
surveying
 5. Astronomy,

engineering,
architecture, physics,
medicine, embalming,
dentistry, and law
 6. Music, dancing, playing the harp, cymbals,
drum, lyre, guitar, tambourine and clapping
to rhythm.
 7. Sports, games, and physical education with

swimming, wrestling, archery and hunting

and fishing;
 8. Military schools offered training in the use

of the bow and arrow, battle ax, lance, mace,

and shield.
AGENCIES OF
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 AGENCIES OF EDUCATION
 1. Home
 2. Temple schools- for higher education especially
for engineering, architecture, medicine, dentistry,
surveying, etc.
 3. Military schools- only for the sons of the nobles
for defense and aggression
 4. Court school- for those aspiring for a public
office and those taking up law
 5. Vocational schools- schools of arts and trades
 ORGANIZATIONS OF GAMES
1. The young studied at home, mother as
teacher
 2. At age 5, the boys attended the reading

and writing schools if the parents could

afford to pay the school fees
 3. At 17, the boys entered the schools that

offered their vocations.

 METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
 1. Apprenticeship- dominant method in the
lower and vocational schools
 2. Dictation, memorization, copying,

imitation, repetition- these are standard

practices in teaching especially in the lower
grades
 3. Observation and participation Flogging was

used to penalize failure to learn.

 FINANCING
 The pupils and
students had to pay a
certain amount of
school fees even in
the lower schools.
Hence, education was
not universal.
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
 Their outstanding
contribution to education
were probably
geometrical
measurement and
surveying. They were the
first to use these two
mathematical techniques.
 JEWISH
EDUCATION
 EARLY HINDU EDUCATION
 the humid climate, hard life,
poverty, disease, and famine
developed in the people a kind
of religion characterized by
mysticism and fatalism -
karma made people believe
that there was a reward for
good deeds and a punishment
for evil ones - the chief
religion was Brahmanism, also
called Hinduism
 AIMS OF
EDUCATION
 AIMS OF EDUCATION
 1. Intellectual- for excellent intellectual
development through knowledge and
contemplation of philosophical truth
 2. Religious- to prepare for the future life

and to seek perfection

 3. Cultural- to preserve the caste system

through the use of precedent, history, and

strict observance of customs and traditions.
 TYPES OF EDUCATION
 1. Religious education- development of spiritual
and emotional attitudes rather than with the
acquisition of new knowledge.
 2. Intellectual education- for priests and teachers
so that they can impart the religious tenets,
hymns, and prayers
 3. Vocational- for the artisans, agriculturists,
farmers and laborers.
 TYPES OF EDUCATION
 4. Domestic education-
for women to serve their
husbands and bear
children
 5. Military education-

for military caste

 CONTENT TO BE STUDIED
 1.Literature for the Brahmans
 2. In college, astronomy, history, grammar,

law, medicine, mathematics, contemporary

arithmetical notation including the symbol
“O” and algebra
 3. Dancing associated with religion
 CONTENT TO BE STUDIED
 4. Sports such as wrestling, archery and
yoga
 5. Linguistics, philosophy and theology
 6. For military training, use of the horse,

elephant, and chariot in war

 AGENCIES OF EDUCATION
 1. Home- the child was taught by the mother
till the age of 5
 2. Outdoors- less than 15 pupils. Classes

were held under large trees.

 3. Monasteries- later organized for higher

schooling
 ORGANIZATIONS OF GRADES
 1. The child was taught at home till the age of
5
 2. At 5, the child attended higher schools
 3. The women were given only domestic

education as their role was only

housekeeping, serving their husbands and
bearing children.
 METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
 Imitation- in language, the teacher uttered the
words and the pupils imitated. In writing, pupils
imitated the teacher’s copy, first on sand and
later on palm leaves. In vocational, sports and
military, the teacher had to demonstrate and
pupils imitated.
 2. Memorization- The Vedas which were written
mostly in verse lent themselves to memorization.
The learning was slow.
 FINANCING
 It was a disgrace on the part of the teachers
to receive a fixed salary. The teacher were
called gurus, were highly respected by the
children even more than they did their
parents. The teachers were remunerated by
means of gifts from parents of the children.
The amount of gifts depended upon the
socio- economic status of the child’s family.
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
 Probably the decimal system of
arithmetical notation, particularly
the use of the symbol “O”. With
the use of this, we can write any
size of a number and we can use
the four fundamental operations
on whole numbers, fractions,
and decimals with the utmost
convenience.
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