MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

• The Medieval concept of Education is centered on spiritual,

intellectual, political, and economic development.
• The Educational Philosophy in this era represents aa renewed
flowering of western philosophical thought after the intellectual
drought of the Dark Ages.
• This period is marked by the influence of Christianity and many of
the Philosophers of the period were greatly concerned with
proving the existence of God and reconciling Christianity with
classical philosophy.
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MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
• The rise of Education during 12th and 13th Century.
• Social and Economic changes in European society.
• Both Civil and Church administration needs educated men to
have abilities in law(both canon and civil).
• The universities began to teach medicine.
• Study of rhetoric and Roman law is useful for both canonists
and persons who drafts legal documents in secular society.

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 MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY OF
EDUCATION
• In 12th century, Gratian, Thomas Becket, and Pope Innocent
became famous canon lawyer.
• It was this time that the universities slowly began to liberate
themselves form the control of the church.
• In late 1200, majority of the students could not become a
medical doctor without the permission of the archdeacon.

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 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
• Christian education is the process by which persons are
confronted with and controlled by the Christian gospel.
• It involves the efforts of the Christian community to guide both
young and adult persons toward an ever-richer possession of
the Christian fellowship.
• It is both individual and social in nature.

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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
• A Christian education equips students to see the world
through a lens of purpose.
• Christian education is important because it teaches students
to incorporate God into all things.
• God is not confined to church or family life. Instead, students
learn to include God in every corner of their life.

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 EARLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
CATECHUMENAL SCHOOLS
• new converts, or probationers
• give adequate introductory lessons on the basic doctrine and
dogmas of the church
• Catechumens were prepared for baptism (required by the
probationers and trial for Christian life before they could be
accepted as full-fledge members of the church)

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 EARLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
CATECHETICAL SCHOOLS
• new converts progressed in learning the doctrines of the
church and were given in-depth training
• helped in becoming steadfast in their faith and strong against
attacks of other beliefs and mysticisms
• Established by catechists to prepare adults for baptism in
early Christian church

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 EARLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS
• organized by the Bishops to train the clergy in the
Churches under their supervision
• it is housed in cathedrals/cathedral schools
• Episcopalians do not believe in the authority of the
pope.

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 MEDIEVAL
PHILOSOPHY OF
EDUCATION

MONASTICISM BY: IRISH JOY S.

CALAMONGAY
ORIGIN
Monasticism was first introduced during the Medieval Ages (A. D. 500 –1500) the time between
the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. The monastic schools began to take shape
and heavily influence education in the early Middle Ages (500-1000 CE). The monastic schools
grew out of the philosophy of Asceticism.

• ST. ANTHONY (Father of Monasticism)

- founder of Christian monasticism
- renounced his position, gave away his possessions, and went off to live alone in the desert

• SR. BENEDICT
- founded the Benedictine Rule in 529 for his monastery at Monte Cassino in Southwest Italy,
and it was generally adopted by the monasteries of Western Europe

• ST. PATRICK
- founded the first Monasticism in Ireland between AD 432 and 461
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DEFINITION
Monasticism
• from a Greek word monos, monazein, monachos which means one or alone
• the act of "dwelling alone“.
• a way of living that's religious, isolated from other people, and self-disciplined.

People who practice monasticism such as Monks or brothers (male) and Nuns or
sisters (female) seclude themselves from the world, obey their religious vows, and
subjected to a fixed rule.

AGENCIES OF MONASTIC EDUCATION

Monte Cassino, Italy

Source:
https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-life/medieval-
religion/medieval-monasteries/
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AIMS OF MONASTIC EDUCATION
1. Spiritual
• salvation of individual souls
• a kind of moral and physical discipline based on bodily mortification
• world renunciation for the sake of moral development

2. Moral
• Chastity – give up family relationship, adopt spiritual and religious relationship
• Poverty – renounce property and devote to charity all the inheritance
• Obedience – renounce all self power but obey the brothers and the will of God

3. Spiritual Knowledge
• Reach the highest spiritual knowledge and the purest spiritual satisfaction through
asceticism, meditation, contemplation, and inspiration..

4. Virtue
• Dying all claim of social and human institution by fasting, wearing coarse clothing,
assuming painful postures, and sleeping very little.

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MONASTIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM

THE SEVEN (7) LIBERAL ARTS.

I. The Trivium (lower studies):

1. Grammar – introduction to literature

2. Dialect – metaphysics
3. Rhetoric – law and history

II. The Quadrivium (higher studies):

4. Arithmetic – beyond calculations

5. Geometry – geography and surveying
6. Astronomy – physics and advanced mathematics
7. Music – worship and chant
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TYPES OF EDUCATION
1. Moral and Religious Training

• engaging in religious contemplation, mediation, asceticism, and religious reading

and writing

2. Literacy Education

• Copying manuscripts with other monasteries

• Collecting manuscripts in libraries

• Writing original manuscripts about religion, historical events, and other matters

3. Manual Training

• Skilled artisans in woods, leather, and metal.

• Skilled agriculturist

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METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
1. Catechetical Method 4. Language

• Question and answer method • Latin – the only used language for
learning

2. Dictation 5. Discipline
• Used due to scarcity of books • Teachers used the rod to punish
erring students

3. Memorization 6. Meditation and

Contemplation/ Thoughtful
• Pupils memorize what was Reflection
dictated
• believed that the deepest spiritual
experience could be gained only
through divine inspiration
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CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION

The monasteries

1. Preserved and spread learning and culture by the Christian Monasteries;

2. Opposed the vices and corruption of the medieval world;

3. An influence of taming the warlike spirits and refining the rustic customs
of the Teutonic people; and

4. Instilled industrial skills and a conception of the true dignity of manual

labor.

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 MONASTICISM APPLICATION OF MONASTICISM ON THE
PRESENT TIME

Goals of Education • Salvation of individual souls, moral and • Deliver highest form of
physical discipline understanding to the learners
• Attain highest spiritual knowledge and in their academic aspects as
the purest spiritual satisfaction well as their behavior towards
God, self, and others.
Role of Teacher • engage students in moral and religious • Involve learners in moral and
training religious training
• Give literacy education • Give literacy education
• Provide manual training • Include manual training
• Incorporate corporal discipline
View of the Learner • Learners should separate themselves • Learners are expected to live
from ordinary ways of living so they with humility and obedience
can follow the teaching accordingly
Methods/Approaches of • Catechetical Method • Catechetical method
Teaching • Dictation • Dictation
• Memorization • Self Reflection
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 SCHOLATICISM
• From the latin word Scholasticus (that belongs to the school) was a
method of learning taught by the academic of medieval universities
• A system of theology and philosophy popular among medieval
European scholars based on Aristotelian logic and writings for the
early church Father featuring a strong emphasis on catholic
tradition and dogma

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• GOALS OF PHILOSOPHY
WAS TO BRING REASON TO THE SUPPORT OF FAITH;
TO STRENGTHEN THE RELIGIONS LIFE AND THE
CHURCH BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL
POWER

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• PROPONENTS
SOME OF THE MAIN FIGURES OF SCHOLASTICISM
INCLUDE ANSELM OF CANTERBURY (‘THE FATHER
OF SCHOLASTICISM’), PETER ABELARD, ALEXANDER
OF HALES, ALBERTUS MAGNUS, DUNS SCOTUS,
WILLIAM OF OCKHAM, BONAVENTURE, AND THOMAS
AQUINAS.

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• ROLE OF THE STUDENTS
STUDENTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO FACE APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS
IN THINGS THEY WERE BEING TAUGHT, AND FIND A CONSENSUS
BETWEEN TEACHINGS THAT SEEMED TO OPPOSE EACH OTHER. THEY
WERE EXPECTED TO USE THEIR REASON AND EXPERIENCE IN
COMBINATION WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS ACCEPTED ON THE
AUTHORITY OF CHURCH FATHERS AND TEACHERS-TO MAKE THEIR
ARGUMENTS.

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ROLE OF THE TEACHERS
THE TEACHER IS THE CENTER OF EDUCATION PROCESS
AND WORKS WITH STUDENTS TO TRANSFER
INFORMATION.

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 MEDIEVAL
UNIVERSITIES
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 MEDIEVAL
UNIVERSITY
• The Medieval University
was a system of higher
education that emerged in
western Europe during the
late 11th and early 12th
centuries.  

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 MEDIEVAL
UNIVERSITIES
• Universities first appeared in the High
Middle Ages across Europe, including Italy,
France, Spain and England.
• The first university to arrive in England was
in Oxford, constructed in the 11th Century,
followed by Cambridge in the 13th Century.
Both became known as the first models of
higher education around the world.

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 UNIVERSITY LIFE
• Those studying at university would arrive at
around 14 or 15 years of age.
• They would choose between Theology, Law,
Medicine or Arts.
• No space was dedicated to learning, and instead
classes were taught wherever there was a room
available, such as in churches. However, it
didn’t take long for universities to begin renting
rooms and constructing rooms of their own.
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• The main curriculum was based on seven areas –
grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, music,
geometry, and astronomy – all of which were
important for a cleric in the Catholic church.

• During the next couple of centuries many more

universities would be created throughout Europe
and this system of education would become more
developed and diverse. This institution would be
one of the most successful achievements of the
Middle Ages, and is today the standard form of
higher education throughout the world.
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THANK YOU!
• REPORTERS:
1.CHARLO NACION
2.ROSEMARIE ANTIQIUNA
3.IRISH JOY CALAMONGAY
4.MARGARITA DACUP
5.MARIA WEENA ANONUEVO

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