Education-Gender

  Home | Elizabethan Education | flat =Elizabethan Life - Elizabethan Education = -Education was generally for boys of the Upper and Middle Classes. -However, Upper Class girls, were also given education -usually higher class boys are given education by tutor but actually lower class boys went to school   =Boys: =   The high class boys stayed home and were taught by their tutors. However, lower class boys went to schools called petty schools or the grammar school, the two most common school in the Elizabethan time.

=The Petty Schools (Dame Schools) =

The elementary level of education for boys between 5 and 7 was at school called Petty School. Boys usually went to their teacher ’s own house to learn how to read and write English, learn the catechism, the book that contains the basic principles of the Christian religion, and lessons in behavior. These were considered the most important elements of School education and what must be taught during childhood. These schools were relatively small. Also, this school is run by local Well-educated housewives ([|source1]) =The Grammar Schools for Boys = Boys of upper and middle class during the age of 7-14 went to Grammar Schools. Students are taught by senior pupils and the teachers at the school. The boys first learned the basic principles of Latin with the text-book. They learned parts of speech, rules of grammar and sentence construction and translations. They also learned Greek, literatures, religion and math. After they graduated from grammar school, the boys of upper class went to the university to learn many subjects such as theology, math, literature and art. The life in the grammar school was quiet strict. The boys studied from six in the morning to five in the evening with only a two hour break during the lunch time. During the winter they studied from seven in the morning to four o'clock in the evening. The school week was five full days and a half day on Thursday. Boys spent at least 2,000 hours in school a year. The boys were expected to speak in Latin all the times, and any boy caught speaking English at school was punished. The punishment was to strike students fifty times. This fierce punishment was common thing those days (source 2) Religion was also really important in their Education class schedule. Boys learned Bible almost everyday. ( [|source3] ) people thought reading bible was extremely important [|(source 3)] Wealthy upper class people also sent their children, some girls but majorly boys, to travel to the major cities of Europe. Traveling to other countries meant getting permission from the king, thus it was usually only the nobility who could travel abroad. For boys, getting good Education meant to be ready to have a good future.They couldn't have job easily if they were not educated well. Also, they would not be the heir of their family if he didn't get good enough education or at least if he didn't study well. =Girls: =   <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home Education Girls got the basic education of life in the home during their childhood. They learned to respect their parents, ask to bless, wake up early in the morning and pray, and some table manners. They also were taught about their places in the society and how they should act. Most importantly, they learned how to obey the male members of the family. Basically they learn how to be a good women but sometimes they learn how to play music and dance, in order to sustain good social relationship between them and other people. ([|source4] ) High class girls also learned languages such as, Latin, Italian, Greek and French. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|(source5)] <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GIrls leanred things more about behaviors rather than things about knowledge. People thought that it is more important to get good relationship between people for girls.