An educational dictionary in the heroic age
Heroic era refers to a transitional historical stage in which the Romans imitated, studied and transplanted Greek culture after Greece was conquered by the Romans, because Roman culture was not as good as Greek culture. During the period of rapid communication between Greek civilization and Roman civilization (around the second century BC), the education in the heroic period had the following obvious characteristics: (65,438+0) The development of school education at all levels was not obvious enough, and the school education stage became obvious only after Rome annexed the eastern countries including Greece; (2) Three-level schools gradually formed, including Lutherans, Grammars and Rhetoric; (3) Although the school stage is obvious, the course content and teaching years are uncertain; (4) Primary school children mainly learn Chinese characters, practice reading, writing and calculating, and are strictly disciplined at school; (5) Twelve-year-old children enter grammar schools and spend about three to four years learning reading, writing, arithmetic, poetry, rhetoric, speech and other subjects, while learning Greek and Latin; (6) Rhetoric school students study literature, rhetoric, political theory, philosophy and science; (7) In the implementation of education, both Greece and Rome attach great importance to liberal arts; Generally speaking, Greeks attach importance to gymnastics, dance, music and art, while Romans attach more importance to military instruction. The education in the heroic period laid a good foundation for the expansion of Roman civilization.