The document discusses the guild system of education that emerged in Europe during the 14th-15th centuries. Guilds were organizations of merchants and artisans that provided vocational training. There were two main types of guilds - merchant guilds for those who sold products, and craftsman guilds for skilled workers and artisans organized by craft. Guild education aimed to prepare students for commercial and industrial life through vocational training. Apprenticeships lasting 7 years were common, where boys learned trades from master craftsmen using imitation, observation and practice. Burgher and chantry schools also existed to teach reading, writing and arithmetic to children of the middle class. The guild system made outstanding contributions to education through vocational training and
2. History
of Guild
01
What is
a Guild?
02
2 TYPES
OF GUILD
03
Aims, Content, Agencies
Organization, Methods
Outstanding
Contribution to
Education
04
3. History of Guild
The guilds were established
during 14th and 15th centuries.
During 15th century, the guild
system spread from Germany to
Nordic countries.
4. This brought the growth of the new cities
and the rise of the new social class the BURGHER
who belong to BOURGEOISIE.
Burghers: a townsman
Bourgeoisie: a member of the middle class
The Crusaders
5. The term was derived from Saxon word
GILDEN which literary meant “to pay” or “yield”.
An organization composed of persons with
common interests and mutual needs for protection
and welfare.
What is a Guild?
6. 1. Merchant Guild
-Members were residents
of the same town and artisans
who sold their products.
2 Types of Guild
7. 2. Craftsman Guild
The skilled workers, manufacturers,
and artisans organized themselves
according to their crafts, to protect
themselves from inferior work and
undercut prices.
2 Types of Guild
8. 1. Preparation for commercial and industrial life
2. Vocational Preparation
Aims of Guild Education
9. 1. Reading and writing in the vernacular and
arithmetic were always required.
2. The kind of craft and commercial business to be
learned.
3. Religious tenets and ceremonies.
Content to be Studied
Content to be Studied
10. Burgher School – This school is for children of the
bourgeoisie or middle class.
Chantry School – This school was for the children
of wealthy merchants.
Guild School – for the children of the craftsmen
Agencies of Education
11. Apprenticeship – At age seven, a boy was assigned to
a master craftsman as an apprentice lasted about 7 years.
Journeyman – the young worker would travel as a paid
laborer and go to different masters.
Master Craftsman - After he had proven his work then
he became a master a full-fledged member of the guild.
Organization of Grade Levels
12. Imitation, observation, and practice
- This sequence of activities in training was used in apprenticeship.
Dictation, memorization, catechetical method
-There were used in the Burgher and chantry schools.
Discipline -
- The master could be harsh to his pupil. Priests were usually
employed to teach in the schools.
Methodof Instructions
