EDUC 1F95 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Catharine Macaulay, Scientific Method, Compulsory Education
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Chapter 7: education in the renaissance and the reformation. He wanted to ignore language of his parents and to forget his birthplace. He even tried to change his birth date to hide his illegitimacy. At school, erasmus discovered a new world of studies, rooted in the medieval institutions of his time, which was to become the basis of his whole life. He wanted to go to the university but his tutors wanted him to become a monk. Erasmus was a christian humanist; he wanted to reconcile christianity and antiquity without confusing them. He criticized the errors of popular devotion such as cults. As a teacher he emphasized the humanistic content of the classics and the importance of early childhood, which needed gentle instruction; he felt children should be read fables and poems. It is similar to plato"s republic in the sense that it develops erasmus" theory of education by proposing the humanistic education proper for the ruler of the people.
