EARLY CHRISTIAN

EDUCATION
MUSLIM EDUCATION

Reported by: Ma. Roma Mercado

 EARLY
CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION
During this era Christianity arose.

CHRISTIANITY - Is the religion based on the life

and teachings of Jesus Christ.

Roman Catholic church was the “Center of

Education and Literacy”
Constantine I The
Great
• First emperor who converted to
Christian.
• Recognized Christianity as the
Official State Religion.
• The Roman Catholic church rose
to power.
 AIMS OF EDUCATION
 Moral regeneration of the individual
is the primary aim of Early Christian
Education.
Salvation
 TYPES OF EDUCATION

Moral training was to develop the moral

virtues.
Spiritual training was to develop faith in God
and Christ and to develop spiritual virtues
Music education was in connection with psalm
and hymn used in Church services.
AGENCIES OF EDUCATION
& CONTENTS STUDIED
 Home – their parents at home taught their children.
 Church – chief educational agency.
 Catechumenal Schools – this school is for those who preparing for baptism.
 Cathedral Schools
 Monastic Schools – for those who wished to become monks.
 Catechetical Schools – those who were being prepared for church
leadership.
 METHODS OF
INSTRUCTION
 Catechetical Method is a question and answer method.
 The pupil had to memorize the answers to the questions prepared and
given by the teacher.
 Expositions and exhortation (Preaching) were also practiced.
 Parable method or short allegorical stories to convey moral truths, lessons,
practical, familiar practices in social life, language understood by people in
all social strata. (One of Jesus well known parables, The Prodigal Son, is
found in St. Luke 15:11-32)
 OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
EDUCATION & CIVILIZATION
 The ideal humanitarianism of Christ had imparted to the ancient
society a new spirit of hopefulness. He proclaimed to the world a new
conception of the individual and his social responsibility (universal
brother hood of men)
 Equality before God was expounded in education regardless of sex,
status, and race.
 Revolutionized society through a system of morality with fuller
recognition of the integrity of the human personality.
 The conversation of more than one-half of the world into Christianity.
 MUSLIM
EDUCATION
 AIMS OF EDUCATIONS
 Religious. To develop religiousness in Islam.
 Practical. To apply science for practical purposes.
 Scientific. To develop and assimilate scientific
knowledge.
 Initiative and Welfare. To develop individual initiative
and social welfare.
Muslim – also spelled Moslems.
- Are people who practice the religion of Islam,
preached by Muhammad in A.D. 600’s.
- It is an Arabic word that means one who submits (to
God). Allah is the name of the God of Islam.
- They have been called the standard bearers of
learning during the Middle Ages.
Koran – their holy scripture.
 TYPES OF EDUCATION
 Religious education was based on the Koran.
 Professional education. Science was the basis for offerings in the professions such as
medicine, mechanical, and commercial trades, and architecture.
 Vocational education was for arts and crafts, practice in agriculture, animal breeding, and
the liked based in science.
 Avocational training was practiced in the form of entertainment such as reading, story
telling, music and dancing.
 Science education was considered not only for the sake of knowledge but especially for
practical application.
- Mosques was the earliest educational setting where education was largely based on the
Koran.
- Later Kuttab were developed where teaching was done in the house of the teacher.
Reading and writing were taught.
- At the age of five, the children entered Elementary School which admitted both boys and
girls, rich or poor, free of any fee. The elementary schools attached to the mosques.
- After three years in school the, the children of the poorer stopped and engaged in some
trade of industry. The rich children continued their study until they reached the age of
fourteen and entered secondary schools.
- These school were divided into twenty-four or thirty rooms, each accommodating four
students.
- Special department were created for various sciences which were fully equipped.
 METHODS OF
INSTRUCTION
 Repetition and drill.
 Memorization and imitation.
 Lecture, observation, and experimentation.
 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
TO EDUCATION
 Replacing Roman numerals with figures borrowed from Hindus using zero and
decimal system of notation that gave digits the value of position. Writing and
computing big numbers were simplified.
 Algebra trigonometry in the field of mathematics.
 Using laboratory and experimental method in the teaching of science.
 Studying the practical application of science in any human activity in order to
improve the quality of human life.
 Placing importance in the library as a center of learning.
Thank You! 