EARLY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS

Key points on the topic “History of Education: Characteristics of the Earliest Educational Systems”:

1. History as an academic discipline looks to the past to learn from it and understand how it has influenced the present.
2. Education can be traced back to the early days of human existence, as it involves the progressive upbringing of young individuals.
3. Education is the process through which one generation imparts the ideals and cultural practices of society to the next generation.
4. The oldest known educational systems had two common characteristics: they taught religion and promoted the traditions of the people.
5. Ancient Egypt had temple schools that taught religion, writing, sciences, mathematics, and architecture.
6. In India, education was primarily carried out by priests, and it played a significant role in spreading Buddhist doctrines to other Asian countries.
7. Ancient Chinese education focused on philosophy, poetry, and religion, and they developed a civil-service examination system over 2,000 years ago for selecting scholars for government positions.

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The oldest known educational systems in history shared two characteristics in common: they taught religion, and they promoted the traditions of the people. In ancient Egypt, there were temple schools, which taught both religion and the principles of writing, the sciences, mathematics, and architecture. Similarly, in India, the business of education was carried out mostly by the priests. India was the source and fountain of the Buddhist doctrines that were taught in its institutions to Chinese scholars. In turn, they spread the teachings of Buddha to the various Asian countries in the Far East. Ancient Chinese education emphasized philosophy, poetry, and religion, in accordance with the teachings of their great ancestors and philosophers like Confucius and Laozi. Indeed, the Chinese invented a system of civil- service examination, more than 2,000 years ago and which was found to be effective up till the present era. It was used to select the best scholars for important positions in the government.

Examine any three (3) contributions of Athenian and two (2) Spartans’s system of education to the development of Nigeria’s system of education.

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1. History as an academic discipline is interested in looking to the ________.
a) present
b) future
c) back

2. Education started as soon as ________ was created.
a) animals
b) man
c) the Earth

3. The business of bringing up a young person involves his ________ education.
a) static
b) progressive
c) theoretical

4. Education can be described as the system by which one generation imparts the ideals and cultural practices of its society to ________.
a) previous generations
b) animals
c) the next generation

5. The oldest known educational systems in history shared two characteristics: they taught religion, and they promoted the ________ of the people.
a) modern technologies
b) traditions
c) foreign languages

6. In ancient Egypt, temple schools taught both religion and the principles of writing, sciences, mathematics, and ________.
a) painting
b) architecture
c) sports

7. In India, the business of education was carried out mostly by ________.
a) warriors
b) farmers
c) priests

8. India was the source and fountain of the ________ doctrines that were taught in its institutions to Chinese scholars.
a) Christian
b) Buddhist
c) Islamic

9. Ancient Chinese education emphasized philosophy, poetry, and ________.
a) politics
b) religion
c) music

10. The Chinese invented a system of civil-service examination over 2,000 years ago to select the best scholars for important positions in the ________.
a) military
b) government
c) entertainment industry

11. The examination system was found to be effective up till the ________ era.
a) present
b) medieval
c) ancient

12. Ancient Chinese philosophers like Confucius and Laozi greatly influenced the focus of education on philosophy, poetry, and ________.
a) science
b) art
c) religion

13. The oldest known educational systems in history taught religion and promoted the traditions of the ________.
a) animals
b) teachers
c) people

14. Ancient Chinese education emphasized three main aspects: philosophy, poetry, and ________.
a) engineering
b) religion
c) farming

15. The system of civil-service examination in ancient China was used to select the best scholars for important positions in the ________.
a) military
b) government
c) education sector

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Describe the Jewish education system and suggest its relevance or otherwise to Nigeria’s system of education