EDUCATION IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

As a summary of my presentation about education in ancient civilizations:

Regarding Chinese people, they are consideres economical, kind and also polite. Submission is considered the main pillar of education. For the Chinese, a great family is made up of a mother and a father and woman always has to obey man. From childhood they are brought up to obey and take care of their parents. The grandfather is usually the head of the family. Also, Tao is the moral rule. In relation to their education, teachers are competent and place great importance on knowledge and practice. During their first years at school, they learn reading and writing while in higher education they learn about ancient classics. As for women´s education, women are educated to be compliant and also to do house chores. In Chine, there is an educational referent, Confucius, China´s best philosopher who preached the importance of caring and maintaining family values. He considered that maintaining strong ties with the family was the fundamental pillar of a stable and happy society. Loyalty and mutual respect were among the main teachings of Confucius. 

Education in Ancient India was based on the caste system. The pedagogical aim of Hindu education was the liberation of the spirit. Much of the education was based on Brahmanism (west and central India) and Buddhism (east). The Brahmans are teachers, the warrior class is exercised in the use of arms, and the working classes are taught agriculture and the mechanic arts. All classes alike have to learn the privileges, duties, and usages of the several castes. As a method of teaching, oral transmission was their preferred method, with writing taking second place. The ancient system of education has influenced the other system of education not only in India, but in other countries of the world as well.