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EARLY ATHENIAN EDUCATION  

During 7th TO 4th century B.C. Under the influence of Solon- the greatest lawmaker of all

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time. Laws became the bases for the educational direction of Athens.

LATER ATHENIAN EDUCATION 

Athens, the head of the Delian Confederation, contributed largely to the victory.

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The triumph brought about attitudinal changes toward education among Athenians.

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CONTENT

1. By the Sophists, pragmatic and utilitarian. To prepare the individual for personal advancement through the utilization of persuasive powers and the analysis of new demands for success in a cosmopolitan setting. To cultivate the individual’s public image and individual’s excellence for individual conquest. To develop adeptness in the skills most useful for his personal advancement and political preferment. 2. By Socrates, development of the power of thinking To develop the power of thinking. To enable humanity to arrive at fundamental concepts or moral principles of the universe. To establish that morality is based on knowledge and virtue. 3. By Plato, control by intellectual rulers To produce a social order or system controlled by intellectual rulers. 

To develop individuals natural talent.

4. By Aristotle, rational living To produce or promote rational living.

Moral Training. Sophist claimed that the measure of the truth was the individual. He decides for him what is true Professional Training. This was for public speaking. Intellectual Training. This was an aim of Socrates and Plato, an intellectual training of the highest form and truth. Vocational Training. This was for the craftsmen and laborers. Domestic Training. This was for the girls for housekeeping purposes. Physical, military and civic training. This was lessoned. Science and philosophy education. This was espoused by Aristotle, particularly the teaching of logic. Aesthetic and cultural education. Literature, grammar, rhetoric, art and music were studied for enjoyment and not for ennobling and moral purposes. Sports and games. These were taken for enjoyment and not for ennobling purposes.

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ASSESSMENT

State in a short paragraph your personal realization regarding the educational direction brought about by the Athenians . III.

REFERENCES 

Jose F. Calderon

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Foundations of Education Book one Doris D. Tulio, Ph.D.

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Readings in Foundations of Education By: Evelina M. Ortega Francisco M. Zulueta