Education During The Elizabethan Era:
Education in the Elizabethan Era was, for the most part, for boys in the upper and middle classes (With the exception of Upper class girls who were members of the Aristocracy). It begins in the home as a child. The Basic Essentials that were taught included Respecting their Parents, Asking for Blessing, Morning Prayer, Table manners, the knowledge of their place in society, and specifically for girls; submissiveness to male members of their family.
Petty, or Dame schools were the most elementary and basic level of school for boys of the ages 5-7. Lessons were conducted in the home of the teacher. Petty schools typically ran for a small fee, by an educated housewife. They were taught to read and write in English, learn catechism (Principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers), and …show more content…
Children of Noble birth were taught at home. Between the ages of 7 and 10 the curriculum would consist of learning parts of speech (including verbs and nouns), rules of grammar/sentence construction, English-Latin/Latin-English translations. Between ages 10 and 14, Masters teaches the boys in lessons of Latin-English translations, Literature, The study of Greek, Arithmetic, and Religious education.
Education for boys in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries relied on the financial means and social status/rank of their family. The main reason for education was to teach children appropriate behaviour for their social status/rank. Boys usually started at grammar school from the age of six or seven. A typical school day would run from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm. After grammar school next, for most boys, was apprenticeship. After seven years of apprenticeship, the boy could become a journeyman and work for payment. It was possible for boys form the less fortunate families to attend university through a
Education in the Elizabethan Era was, for the most part, for boys in the upper and middle classes (With the exception of Upper class girls who were members of the Aristocracy). It begins in the home as a child. The Basic Essentials that were taught included Respecting their Parents, Asking for Blessing, Morning Prayer, Table manners, the knowledge of their place in society, and specifically for girls; submissiveness to male members of their family.
Petty, or Dame schools were the most elementary and basic level of school for boys of the ages 5-7. Lessons were conducted in the home of the teacher. Petty schools typically ran for a small fee, by an educated housewife. They were taught to read and write in English, learn catechism (Principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers), and …show more content…
Children of Noble birth were taught at home. Between the ages of 7 and 10 the curriculum would consist of learning parts of speech (including verbs and nouns), rules of grammar/sentence construction, English-Latin/Latin-English translations. Between ages 10 and 14, Masters teaches the boys in lessons of Latin-English translations, Literature, The study of Greek, Arithmetic, and Religious education.
Education for boys in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries relied on the financial means and social status/rank of their family. The main reason for education was to teach children appropriate behaviour for their social status/rank. Boys usually started at grammar school from the age of six or seven. A typical school day would run from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm. After grammar school next, for most boys, was apprenticeship. After seven years of apprenticeship, the boy could become a journeyman and work for payment. It was possible for boys form the less fortunate families to attend university through a