Generally speaking, it refers to the education conducted by urban schools run by the civil class in medieval Europe to oppose the monopoly of church education.
These schools pay more attention to cultural and scientific knowledge, but religious education is still considered indispensable. The education conducted by schools in modern capitalist countries without the jurisdiction of the church is also called "secular education".
Generate background:
In terms of culture and education, after the 8th century, with the development of feudal system and the consolidation of kingship, the educational form and structure developed to meet the needs of feudal owners, which is different from that of missionary schools, is called "secular education", and its main forms are court schools and knight education.
Secularization:
It is a theoretical concept put forward by western sociology of religion, which is mainly used to describe a change in modern society, that is, religion has gradually retreated from its ubiquitous position and far-reaching influence in real life to a relatively independent religious field, and its political, economic and cultural aspects have gradually removed its religious color.
German sociologist Max Weber used disenchantment to describe the rationalization of modern life, while French sociologist Durkheim repeatedly put forward the secularization trend of modern society in different works. He believes that in the society dominated by modern industry and individualism, the social control mechanism associated with sacredness and mechanization is being eroded and challenged, and it is necessary to find new social consensus and sacredness.