Schools of Hellas / An Essay on the Practice and Theory of Ancient Greek Education from 600 to 300 B. C.
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s/t: An Essay on the Practice & Theory of Ancient Greek Education from 600-300 BCWhen we ask what kind of schooling was behind this brilliant society which has enchanted the centuries ever since, any honest reply can be carried in one word: None. After writing a book searching for the hidden genius of Greece in its schools, Kenneth Freeman (1882-1906) concluded his unique study The Schools of Hellas in 1907 with this summary, "There were no schools in Hellas." No place boys & girls spent their youth attending continuous instruction under command of strangers. Indeed, nobody did homework in the...
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- SCHOOLS OF HELLAS
- AN ESSAY ON THE PRACTICE AND THEORY OF ANCIENT GREEK EDUCATION
- Schools of Hellas
- KENNETH J. FREEMAN
- M. J. RENDALL
- PREFACE
- EDITOR’S STATEMENT
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I
- CHAPTER I
- EDUCATION AT SPARTA AND IN CRETE
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- CHAPTER II
- ATHENS AND THE REST OF HELLAS: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER III
- ATHENS AND THE REST OF HELLAS: PRIMARY EDUCATION
- CHAPTER IV
- ATHENS AND THE REST OF HELLAS: PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- CHAPTER V
- SECONDARY EDUCATION: I. THE SOPHISTS
- CHAPTER VI
- SECONDARY EDUCATION: II. THE PERMANENT SCHOOLS
- CHAPTER VII
- TERTIARY EDUCATION
- THE EPHEBIC INSCRIPTIONS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY
- PART II THE THEORY OF EDUCATION
- CHAPTER VIII
- RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN HELLAS
- CHAPTER IX
- ART, MUSIC, AND POETRY
- CHAPTER X
- XENOPHON: “THE EDUCATION OF KUROS”
- PART III
- CHAPTER XI
- CONCLUDING ESSAY: THE SCHOOLS OF HELLAS
- INDEX
- THE END
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