Education Flashcards

1
Q

Was education public or private?

A

Private! No state education system.

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2
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Was education compulsory?

A

No!

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3
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Where did education take place (classrooms, unspecific)?

A

In rented rooms of private houses or public property.

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4
Q

Did girls get a proper education?

A

No.

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5
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In terms of business and heading a household, who taught the boys?

A

Their father, the kyrios. They would be taught how to follow in his trade (apprenticeship).

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6
Q

Did they have years or sets?

A

Nope, you just learned with whoever else was paying.

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7
Q

What did the grammatistes teach?

A

Reading, writing, and arithmetic.

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8
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What kind of learning took place?

A

Rote learning- learnt off by heart through repetition.

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9
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What classical book was it common to learn about?

A

Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’. (poor souls)

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10
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What did the kitharistes teach? (5)

A

How to play the kithara, lyre,singing, reciting, and musical performance of poetry. (music teachers).

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11
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Which two places did physical education take place?

A

The gymnasium and/or the palaistra (your body is a temple- get it?).

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12
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What was PE preparation for?

A

Fighting in the Athenian army (compulsory for 2 or 3 years)

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13
Q

Why was mental and physical education so important?

A

Athenians believed in healthy body with a healthy mind.

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14
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Who supervised PE?

A

Paedotribes.

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15
Q

What were Athenian boys trained in when doing PE? (6)

A

Fitness, running, wrestling, jumping, throwing of discus and javelin.

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16
Q

What job might an educated slave have in a boy’s education?

A

Paidagogos.

17
Q

When did boys begin education out of the house?

A

Age six.

18
Q

Up until age six, who were boys taught by, and where?

A

By mother or male slave, in their own oikos (probably gynaikon)

19
Q

What age could boys go to academies?

A

16, when their ‘basic training’ was complete.

20
Q

What might mean boys couldn’t go to an academy?

A

Having to work,or not being rich enough to pay fees.

21
Q

What did academies teach? (4)

A

Sciences, philosophy, the arts, culture. (any more?)

22
Q

What view made Athenian education different from Spartan education?

A

Athenians wanted their sons to have a well rounded education so that they would know a variety of things and appreciate lots of things.

23
Q

What else might the boys learn during basic education?

A

Anything else their teachers knew.

24
Q

What would a mentor do if their boy misbehaved?

A

Whip them!

25
Q

Name two Athenian academies and their founders.

A
  1. The Academy-> founded by Plato (aka Platonic Academy)

2. The Lyceum-> founded by Aristotle (thanks a-lotle, Aristotle)