Teacher in Ancient Rome (eBook)

The Magister and His World

Lisa Maurice (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
260 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-7909-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Although a number of general books about ancient education have been published over the last few decades, none of these books emphasize the teacher. The Teacher in Ancient Rome: The Magister and His World, by Lisa Maurice, aims to correct this and provides a wide-ranging survey of the personal and professional life of the schoolteacher in ancient Rome. This in-depth study fills a significant gap in the literature of Roman history and ancient education.

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The Teacher in Ancient Rome: The Magister and His World by Lisa Maurice investigates a particular aspect of education in ancient Rome, namely the figure of the teacher. After identifying and defining the different kinds of teachers in the Roman education systems, Maurice illuminates their ways of life both as both professionals and members of society. This text surveys the physical environment in which teachers worked, as well as the methods, equipment, and techniques used in the classroom. Slavery, patronage, and the social and financial status of the various types of teachers are considered in depth. Maurice examines ideological issues surrounding teachers, discussing the idealized figure of the teacher and the frequent differences between this ideal and actual educators. Also explored are the challenges posed by the interaction of Greek and Roman cultureand later between paganism and Christianityand how these social clashes affected those responsible for educating the youth of society. The Teacher in Ancient Rome is a comprehensive treatment of a figure instantly recognizable yet strikingly different from that of the modern teacher.

Autor

Lisa Maurice is a lecturer in classics at Bar-Ilan University.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. The Terminology of Education: Magistri, Grammatici, Litteratores and More...Chapter 2. The Teacher and His School: the Professional in His Work EnvironmentChapter 3. Pedagogical MethodsChapter 4. Teaching of Slaves and Slave-Teachers: Slavery in EducationChapter 5. The Social Status of the TeacherChapter 6. Education and IdeologyChapter 7. Afterword: Teachers Ancient and Modern: Some Brief Conclusions and Comparisons

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.8.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Ancient Education • Ancient history • European History • Roman education • World History
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-7909-8 / 0739179098
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7909-3 / 9780739179093