SARESENIC

EDUCATION

GROUP 2
What are Saracens

 Arabs & Moors from Spain

 The greatness of Saracens was probably
due to their ability to assimilate the best in
the intellectual culture of the people with
whom they came in contact & to apply
this heritage to their own practical needs.
Saracens to the Western World

 Western world is indebted to them

for the creation of the scientific spirit
of investigation and experimentation
and for the invention, improvement
of the tools of science
Aims

Search for knowledge and an application of scientific facts

to the affairs of daily life
Science was studied for its usefulness in arts and crafts
Reading was studied as a necessity for progress
Medicine was stressed for the preservation of life
Astronomy was studied as an aid to geography &
navigation.
 Aims
 Development of an individual initiative and social welfare – liberal
education in its truest sense.
 Begins with religious education, memorization of the
Qur’an/Koran
 Simple religion emphasizing a high degree of tolerance with the
faith
 No hierarchy
 Very little need for much education, except for those training to be
teachers of divinity or philosophy
 Types

– Vocational education was stressed

– Intellectual training in the sciences was the basis for the
professions
– Education was universal, not democratic
– Elementary education open to all boys and girls
– Higher education was open to rich poorer, wealthy had some
advantages
– Financial aid was provided to needy students
 GUILD
EDUCATION

GROUP 2
 Guild Approach to Education

Crusaders increases trade and commerce which brought about the

growth of new cities and the rise of a new social class – the burgher
bourgeoisie or middle class. This new class began to be as
important as the nobles and the clergy and they demanded a
different kind of education for their children.
Closely related to the development of commerce was the
strengthening of the guilds, an organization composed of persons
with common interests and mutual needs for protection and welfare
Aims

– Vocational training to prepare children for

the requisites of commerce and industry
Content

– Elementary instruction in reading and writing in

the vernacular and arithmetic.
– Crafts on commerce and adequate religious
instruction
Methods

– Much the same way as the monastic and parish

schools
– Example, imitation and practice
– Dictation, Memorization, and Catechetical method
– Discipline was severe and harsh
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