learning

Question 1

Which 2 types of schools provided elementary education for the very young ?

Answer 1

1) ‘Song schools’

2) ‘reading schools’

Question 2

Where did much of the ‘secondary’ education take place at the time ?

Answer 2

grammar schools

Question 3

How many new Grammar schools were created from 1460-1509 ?

Answer 3

53

Question 4

What was central to the grammar school curriculum ?

Answer 4

The study of Latin

Question 5

The 1480s saw the beginning of a ____________ approach taught in some grammar schools

Answer 5

humanist

Question 6

Give one example of a grammar school that started to embrace the humanist approach in the 1480s

Answer 6

Magdalen college school in Oxford

Question 7

Which 2 ancient universities that University education rested on.

Answer 7

1) Oxford

2) Cambridge

Question 8

____________ university had several new colleges built during the first half of the 15th century.

Answer 8

Cambridge

Question 9

Which royal figure patronised the foundation of New colleges at Cambridge university ?

Answer 9

Lady Margaret Beaufort

Question 10

Give 2 different colleges within Cambridge University that Lady Margaret Beaufort was responsible for the foundation of.

Answer 10

1) Christ’s college

2) St. John’s college

Question 11

Who was access to education limited at the time ?

Answer 11

There was ample provision for the wealthy, however, for the majority, access to education depended on where they lived.