Education Flashcards
(27 cards)
What types of schools were there ?
- Parish schools
- petty schools
- private tutors
- grammar schools
What was a parish school?
Set up locally by the church and were run by the clergy
What did parish schools teach?
Basic literacy
Who went to parish schools ?
Mainly for boys up to the age of 10. Children of craftsmen, merchants, gentry and some farmers
What were petty schools?
And who were they for?
Set up in teachers homes
For children (boys) up to the age of 10. Boys of gentry, merchants some farmers and craftsmen
What was taught at petty schools ?
Taught reading, writing and arithmetic.
Christianity was also taught.
What was the equivalent of a petty school for girls called
Dame school
What were grammar schools?
Independent of the church and charged fees with some scholarships available.
Who attended Grammar schools?
Boys aged 10-14
Children of gentry and merchants (some talented farmers who were offered scholarships)
How many new grammar schools were established and between what years ?
70 new schools between 1560-1580
What punishments did grammar schools have?
Exclusion
Expulsion
Corporal punishment
Being “on report”
How long were the schooldays in a grammar school?
10 hours
Little holidays
What were private tutors
Delivered education privately in the homes of the nobility
What subjects would boys learn in the nobility class
Subjects that would prepared them for life and roles within the nobility.
What was the change like for education in the nobility ?
Little change for mobility as there was no need
What was the change like for middle class in education?
LIMITED change:
- change as more grammar schools were set up
- little change because although there was more schools. However, education was still only available to those that were higher in society
- grammar schools only available to boys and not girls
What sort of education did the poor get ?
No formal education due to them being financially unable.
They were taught simple work skills and household chores for girls.
What was the change like education within the poor ?
LITTLE CHANGE:
- some change as there was a slight improvement in literacy levels in Elizabethan England.
- access to education did not change due to not being able to afford education.
- working class children needed to work to contribute to the household income.
What was education in universities like ?
Due to increase of ambitions in upper and middle class families. It led to more students attending Oxford and Cambridge. Studied getting maths and philosophy
How old were people when they attended university ?
14
What universities did Elizabeth found?
Jesus college
In order to educate a new generation of Protestant clergy
What did the introduction of the printing press mean for education ?
It meant that the availability of books and the gradual influence of HUMANISTS placed on a greater importance on education
What were humanists ?
A philosophical movement which believes humans have the right to shape their own lives
What did Protestantism mean for education?
As the religion grew, the desire to read the bible and scriptures also increased to be further connected to god
