AIMS

1. CULTURAL

- to preserve and perpetuate culture

2. UTILITARIAN

- to transfer skills from father to son

so that the son could run his daily life.

Writing and account-keeping were

indespensable.

TYPES

Domestic training, religious and vocational-

professional types dominated Egyptian education.

The education of women was largely

vocational, although daughters of the elite

were tutored.

In higher social circles, the boys were

trained by scribes who taught them how to

read and write.

Literary education was needed because of the

organization of the state was staffed by civil officials.

2. TEMPLES

- centers for advanced learning. The high priest

taught applied mathematics, astronomy, physics,

architecture and embalming.

AGENCIES

1. HOME

- it provided basic education for the Egyptian child.

Household chores, religious and moral training, reading

and writing were taught by the elders and priests.

3. COURT SCHOOLS

- it was an apprenticeship in duties of royalty

among the elite youth. The court officials taught a group

of boys.

METHODS OF TEACHING

Dictation, memorization and copying of texts were

chief methods.

Imitation and repetition of stories, myths and

legends perpetuated their culture.

Observation and participation occurred in certain subjects.

Internship or apprenticeship was common in

vocational levels.

Practice was rigid for inculcation of religious and

moral precepts.

Contribution of Egypt Civilization

Egypt Civilization invention of:– Glass

– Linen

– Paper and ink

– the calendar

– the clock

– Geometry and the alphabet

– The refinement of dress and ornament

– Furniture and dwellings

– Society and life

The remarkable development of orderly and peaceful government:

– First United Nation

– First Centralized Government

– Census and post

– primary and secondary education

– Technical training

– Office and administration

– The advancement of writing and literature

– Science and medicine

The first clear formulation known to us of individual and public conscience:

– The first cry for social justice

– The first widespread monogamy

– The first monotheism

– The first essays in moral philosophy

– The elevation of architecture

– Sculpture and the minor arts

End of Civilization

– Some historians say that the priestly classwho took over the teaching becameobstinately conservative. Fear of alteringaccepted rules and practices possessed theirminds.

– Egyptians were mentally lazy. They sawknowledge only as a means of practicaladvancement; they had no love of knowledgefor its own sake.