Universities and scholasticism had been existing at the High Middle Ages, but at that time education was a different concept. Although those first-born academic institutions in medieval time share some similarities with modern ones, such as division of faculties and exercise of examinations and awards, the fundamental purposes of two educational systems at different times differ. In Renaissance, theology, still being a major part of study, was no longer dominant. (Document 7, at least twice a year, each pastor should admonish his parishioners that they be diligent in sending their children to school, not only for learning the liberal arts, but also the fear of God, and discipline. Otherwise, permanent harm must result, as children grow up without fear and knowledge of God, without discipline, learning nothing about what is needed for their salvation, nor what is useful to them in worldly life -- From the school Ordinances of Wurttemberg, Germany, 1559)
EDUCATION DURING THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION ERA …show more content…
Protestant religious reformers, such as John Calvin, Martin Luther, and Ulrich Zwingli, rejected the authority of the Catholic pope and created reformed Christian, or Protestant, churches. In their ardent determination to instruct followers to read the Bible in their native language, reformers extended literacy to the masses. They established vernacular primary schools that offered a basic curriculum of reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion for children in their own language. Vernacular schools in England, for example, used English to teach their pupils. As they argued with each other and with the Roman Catholics on religious matters, Protestant educators wrote catechisms—primary books that summarized their religious doctrine—in a question and answer
EDUCATION DURING THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION ERA …show more content…
Protestant religious reformers, such as John Calvin, Martin Luther, and Ulrich Zwingli, rejected the authority of the Catholic pope and created reformed Christian, or Protestant, churches. In their ardent determination to instruct followers to read the Bible in their native language, reformers extended literacy to the masses. They established vernacular primary schools that offered a basic curriculum of reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion for children in their own language. Vernacular schools in England, for example, used English to teach their pupils. As they argued with each other and with the Roman Catholics on religious matters, Protestant educators wrote catechisms—primary books that summarized their religious doctrine—in a question and answer