History of Education

The Jesuit Ratio Studiorum was the official plan of studies issued by the Society of Jesus in 1599 to guide

The Reformation and schooling became tightly linked in the sixteenth century, when Protestant reformers argued that towns and rulers had

Printing press schooling changes began in the second half of the fifteenth century, when movable type printing spread across Europe

Erasmus and education are closely connected because Desiderius Erasmus, the Dutch scholar who lived from the 1460s to 1536, wrote

Renaissance humanism education was a movement, beginning in fourteenth-century Italy, that placed the study of classical Greek and Latin literature

Talmudic learning traditions are the methods Jewish communities developed over many centuries to study the Talmud, a vast body of

House of Wisdom scholarship refers to the learning that gathered around a famous library and translation center in Abbasid Baghdad,

Madrasas educational models are the various ways Muslim societies organized endowed schools for advanced study, from the first legal colleges

Scholars in Islamic societies, from the early centuries of Islam through the early modern period, built one of history’s most

Medieval guild apprenticeships were the main way young people in European towns learned a skilled trade: a contract placed a