Key Periods in Educational History
Educational Goal
To develop religious commitment, knowledge and ritual to prepare persons for appropriate roles in a hierarchical society
Instructional Method
Drill, memorization, recitation, chanting in lower schools, textual analysis and disputation in universities and in higher schools.
Curriculum
Reading, arthimetics, writing, liberal arts; philosophy, theology, craft, military tactics and chivalry.
Influences on the Modern Education
Established structure, content and organization of universities as major institutions of higher education; the institutionalization and preservation of knowledge.
