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The Contents and Methods of Middle Ages Children's Education in Western Europe
The contents and methods of medieval children's education in Western Europe are as follows:

First, Christian education (higher than secular education at this time) Christian education is an education run by Christianity in Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

Form of education: missionary schools

(2) Educational institutions: monastery schools, bishop schools and parish schools.

(3) Educational purpose: The highest educational purpose is to cultivate devout believers.

Educational content: Bible and Seven Arts.

Educational methods: reading, writing and calculation.

(VI) Influence: The basic spirit that determined all education in the Middle Ages.

Second, secular education.

Court school:

1. The most famous court school was founded by Arqin.

2. Educational content: seven arts, Latin and Greek.

3. Education mode: question and answer mode.

4. Educational purpose: to train officials.

5. Influence: It is the main form of secular education in Western Europe, with a strong religious color.

(2) Knight education:

1 is a special form of family education of feudal class in medieval western Europe.

2. There are no specialized educational institutions.

3. Educational content: Seven skills of a knight, namely riding a horse, swimming, throwing a gun, fencing, hunting, playing chess and reciting poems.

4. Educational purpose: to cultivate knights, that is, defenders who are loyal to the monarch, respect the Lord and maintain feudal rule.

5. Education stage: It can be divided into three stages:

(1) The stage of family education is from birth to 7 years old, and children receive mother education at home, including religious knowledge, morality and physical maintenance.

(2) After the age of 7, the lower-class aristocrats sent their sons to the upper-class aristocrats' homes to serve them as waiters.

(3)14-21year-old: in the stage of serving children, we should focus on learning the seven skills of knights and serving senior nobles.

(4) When he was 21year old, he was officially awarded the title of knight through the investiture ceremony.

6. Influence: It is the product of the feudal social hierarchy in Western Europe, the main form of secular education in Europe, and the defender of feudal society.

(3) medieval universities:

1 is a main form of higher secular education in feudal society of western Europe in the Middle Ages. Generally, it is a self-made professor and learning center organized by one or several prestigious scholars and their followers in a certain field to conduct teaching and knowledge trading.

2. Representative universities: Bologna University, Salerno University, Paris University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, etc.

3. Education content: literature, law, spirituality and medicine.

4. Educational purpose: to train professionals.

5. Educational methods: speeches and debates.

6. Education system: There is a degree system, including master's degree and doctor's degree.

7, education management/system:

(1) Student University: Students are responsible for school affairs.

(2) Mr. University: the teacher's subjective school affairs.

8. Impact/assessment:

(1) Promote the popularization of education: medieval universities broke the control of the church on education and promoted the popularization of education;

(2) independence and freedom;

(3) laid the rudiment of modern universities;

(4) It has a strong religious color;

(5) It is not only a new educational organization, but also represents a new educational thought and spirit;

(6) It enlivened the ideological and cultural life at that time, played a beneficial role in the development of the city, and made some preparations for the humanistic movement in the Renaissance.

9. Reason:

(1) Politically and economically, the feudal system in Western Europe entered its heyday, the kingship became stronger and stronger, the society was stable, the production rose steadily, and a new class of citizens appeared.

(2) Culturally, the pursuit of knowledge is fashionable; The Crusaders strengthened cultural exchanges.

(4) Urban schools:

1 is the general name of primary education schools run by the children of emerging citizens in medieval western Europe. Most of them are primary schools, and they also have a certain nature of vocational education.

2. Educational purpose: to cultivate professionals in the fields of handicrafts and commerce.

3. Educational content: secular education is the main educational content.

4. Education target: children of emerging citizens.

5. Educational institutions: Guild schools and Chamber of Commerce schools (also known as Chirt schools), and most of the leaders belong to guilds and chambers of commerce.

6. Impact/evaluation: It promoted the educational needs of emerging citizens and the development of medieval education.