Post by Nubian Zuri* on Apr 24, 2009 11:02:27 GMT -5
The Egyptians were an unique Black people. Everything they saw they search for the meaning.
The Kemet's believe stronngly in principles that surrounded their lives. Therefore, the would pass their principles down to their children.
This is one of the main reasons a people history and culture must be sort.
Their science of educating a child seeked the well being of that child as well as a vocation.
Ref: "Books of Instructions" written on papyrus was what they learn from.
Take a look at how the training up of a child differs from the western way.
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Education in Ancient Egypt
In ancient Egypt, parents would instill in their children various educational principles, moral attitudes, and views of life from a tender age. They would receive their basic education in the bosom of the family. This was about all of the schooling that girls would get; for boys it would be supplemented by proper training in whatever line they chose, or was chosen for them. Ancient Egyptian education covered both the general upbringing of a child and their training for a particular vocation. The upbringing of boys was left mostly in the hands of their fathers; the mothers were responsible for the upbringing of the girls. Parents made their children familiar with their ideas about the world, with their religious outlook, with their ethical principles, with correct behavior toward others and toward the super-natural beings whom everyone believed in. They taught them about folk rituals and so forth. The educational principles of ancient Egypt were written on papyrus commonly known as the Books of Instruction. The advice given in these "books" was designed to make sure of personal success in agreement with the needs of the state and the moral conduct of the day. It was better to tell the truth and be fair and honest than lie and do the wrong thing because the consequences would be terrible. The Books of Instruction had rules for the well-ordered life and elements of morality that include justice, wisdom, obedience, humanity and restraint. The books mostly took the form of verses addressed by a father to his son as he stepped into his shoes or started to help his aging. Most of these books were put together by senior officials. Many copies of these scrolls have been made since they also served as teaching texts in the schools for scribes.
In Ancient Egypt the child's world was not as clearly separated from the adult's as it tends to be in modern Western society. As the years went by, childish pastimes would give way to imitations of grown-up behavior. Children would more and more frequently be found lending a hand with the less difficult tasks and gradually developing useful skills and knowledge from their elders.
Bibliography
To learn more about education in Ancient Egypt, visit these sites:
Egyptian Education. November 29, 2000. <http://www.cmi.k12.il.us/Urbana/projects/cybermummy/egypted.html>.
Education and Learning in Ancient.Egypt. August 24, 1998. The picture of the Books of Instruction came from this site. <http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/egyptinf/culture/html/learn.htm>.
www.elisabethmorrow.org/classroomnews/lp6educa.htm
The Kemet's believe stronngly in principles that surrounded their lives. Therefore, the would pass their principles down to their children.
This is one of the main reasons a people history and culture must be sort.
Their science of educating a child seeked the well being of that child as well as a vocation.
Ref: "Books of Instructions" written on papyrus was what they learn from.
Take a look at how the training up of a child differs from the western way.
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Education in Ancient Egypt
In ancient Egypt, parents would instill in their children various educational principles, moral attitudes, and views of life from a tender age. They would receive their basic education in the bosom of the family. This was about all of the schooling that girls would get; for boys it would be supplemented by proper training in whatever line they chose, or was chosen for them. Ancient Egyptian education covered both the general upbringing of a child and their training for a particular vocation. The upbringing of boys was left mostly in the hands of their fathers; the mothers were responsible for the upbringing of the girls. Parents made their children familiar with their ideas about the world, with their religious outlook, with their ethical principles, with correct behavior toward others and toward the super-natural beings whom everyone believed in. They taught them about folk rituals and so forth. The educational principles of ancient Egypt were written on papyrus commonly known as the Books of Instruction. The advice given in these "books" was designed to make sure of personal success in agreement with the needs of the state and the moral conduct of the day. It was better to tell the truth and be fair and honest than lie and do the wrong thing because the consequences would be terrible. The Books of Instruction had rules for the well-ordered life and elements of morality that include justice, wisdom, obedience, humanity and restraint. The books mostly took the form of verses addressed by a father to his son as he stepped into his shoes or started to help his aging. Most of these books were put together by senior officials. Many copies of these scrolls have been made since they also served as teaching texts in the schools for scribes.
In Ancient Egypt the child's world was not as clearly separated from the adult's as it tends to be in modern Western society. As the years went by, childish pastimes would give way to imitations of grown-up behavior. Children would more and more frequently be found lending a hand with the less difficult tasks and gradually developing useful skills and knowledge from their elders.
Bibliography
To learn more about education in Ancient Egypt, visit these sites:
Egyptian Education. November 29, 2000. <http://www.cmi.k12.il.us/Urbana/projects/cybermummy/egypted.html>.
Education and Learning in Ancient.Egypt. August 24, 1998. The picture of the Books of Instruction came from this site. <http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/egyptinf/culture/html/learn.htm>.
www.elisabethmorrow.org/classroomnews/lp6educa.htm