[Gutenberg 63644] • Schools of Hellas / An Essay on the Practice and Theory of Ancient Greek Education from 600 to 300 B. C.

s/t: An Essay on the Practice Theory of Ancient Greek Education from 600-300 BC

When we ask what kind of schooling was behind this brilliant society which has enchanted the centuries ever since, any honest reply can be carried in one word: None. After writing a book searching for the hidden genius of Greece in its schools, Kenneth Freeman (1882-1906) concluded his unique study The Schools of Hellas in 1907 with this summary, "There were no schools in Hellas." No place boys girls spent their youth attending continuous instruction under command of strangers. Indeed, nobody did homework in the modern sense; none could be located on standardized tests. The tests that mattered came in living, striving to meet ideals that local tradition imposed. The word sköle itself means leisure, leisure in a formal garden to think reflect. Plato in The Laws is the 1st to refer to school as learned discussion.--John Taylor Gatto

Preface

Editor's Statement

Contents

Illustrations

Bibliography

Introduction

The Practice of Education

The Theory of Education

Index