Early Greek and Roman Education

1. EARLY GREEK EDUCATION and ROMAN
EDUCATION
Presented by:
OABEL, REGBERTt N.
EDUC202:Foundation of Education

2. Intended Learning Outcomes
at the end of the lesson, the learners must be
able to:
• Recognize the theories and principles of
psychology from which the principle of
education are basically based.
• Explain and illustrate the relation of
sociological foundations of education.

3. SPARTAN EDUCATION
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4. SPARTA
• Sparta was also known as Lacedaemon.
• It is also famous for its military power and
loyal soldiers.
• The greatest honor that a Spartan could offer
his/her homeland is to die in war combat for
men and die while giving birth to a Spartan
offspring for women.

5. The people belong to the three
classes:
• Dorians- “The Spartans themselves”
-They were the only ones who had full
rights of citizenship as well as education
sponsored by the state.
• Helots- The enslaved Greeks
• Perioeci- They were not citizens but they lives
in Sparta as free people.

6. AGENCIES OF EDUCATION
• The state was the sole agency of education.
Every phase was controlled by the state. All
financing was shouldered by the state.

7. AIMS OF EDUCATION
• The aim of for Spartans are military and
discipline. The purpose of education in Sparta
was to produce and maintain a powerful army
that could defend their homeland.

8. Aims of EDUCATION
SPARTAN MEN

9. 1. The boys learnt survival skills and other
skills vital to being a soldier.
• All male spartan were sent to military school
at the age of six or seven. Throughout their
training they were taught how to box, swim,
wrestle, throw the javelin, hunt, fish, and
throw the discus.

10. 2. A Spartan soldier’s way of life is a cycle:
“Lie, cheat, steal and get away with it.”
• At the age of 18, Spartan boys had to go out
into the world and still their food. The
purpose of these exercise was for the soldiers-
to-be to learn how to be stealth and cunning
as well as to prove that he could take care of
himself when he become a soldier after he
graduate.

11. Aims of EDUCATION
SPARTAN WOMEN

12. EDUCATION OF SPARTAN WOMEN
• Female Spartan children went to school at the
age of seven. They were trained in their
sisterhood and were taught physical
education. They learned combat skills. The
schools where female spartan were similar in
many ways to the schools where Spartan boys
attended which would then grow and become
strong soldiers to serve their homeland.

13. EDUCATION OF SPARTAN WOMEN
• Female Spartan were taught gymnastics,
wrestling, and calisthenics. It is in Spartan opinion
that strong women produce strong babies which
would then grow into strong soldiers that would
serve the state. At the age of 18, they have to
pass a fitness test. If she passed, a husband was
assigned to her and she was allowed to go home.
However, if she failed, she will become one of the
perioeci. Unlike other city-states, Spartan women
are independent and free willed as well as good
fighters.

14. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
• Education was training, not school instruction.
• The pupils learned by participating in the activities.
They learn by doing. The were no books.
• Testing was not for memory but for moral life and
endurance.
• Discipline and training were severe, food was scantly,
theft was encourage to supliment food but thieves
should not get caught; there was corporal punishment
for moral delinquency and lack of alertness.
• Motivation was enhanced by rivalry, emulation of great
men and great deeds and most of all fear of public
disposal.

15. TYPES OF EDUCATION
• >> Physical education was rigid to make the Spartan
strong, especially in combat.
• >> Military education was rigid. All the skills in combat
known at that time were learned to the utmost. It was
said that any enemy combatants could not pierce the
Spartan military phalanx.
• >> Moral training was taken in connection with group
living. Stealing was not a crime but if caught, the thief
was severely punished.
• >> There was very little intellectual training just
enough to understand the laws of Lycurgus and some
Homeric writings.

16. TYPES OF EDUCATION
• >> Music education was to arouse patriotism.
• >> Gymnastic education was for the girls to
make them strong to bear children.
• >> There was no vocation education because
the slaves called Helot or Perioeci (Dwellers
around) who numbered almost thirty to one
Spartan did all the non-skilled labor for the
Spartans. The helots were not considered
citizens.

17. OUTSTANDING CONSTIBUTION TO
EDUCATION
•The development of
patriotism, discipline,
and military
education were the
outstanding

18. OUTSTANDING CONSTIBUTION TO
EDUCATION
•Learning to respect
elders, parents, and
mentors.

19. THANK
YOU

20. References
• Tulio, D. (2011) Historical, Philosophical, and Legal
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• San Mate, R. and Tangco, M. (2003) Foundations of
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of Education II (Third Edition). (p8-10). KATHA Publishing
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21. Online Reference
• Iacob, A. (2021). The Role of Spartan Womenin Ancient Greece.
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• Gallardo, R. (2014). Overview of Ancient Education. Retrieved from
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• Educational Research. Education in Ancient Sparta Retrieved from
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22. Online Reference
• plaza.ufl.edu.
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• greece.mrdonn.org.
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