Classical Education

Classical education may refer to:

  • Modern educational practices and educational movements:
    • An education in the Classics, especially in Ancient Greek and Latin
    • Classical education movement, based on the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) and quadrivium (astronomy, arithmetic, music and geometry)
    • Classical Christian education, an application of the classical education movement with an emphasis on the Christian faith.
    • Classical Islamic education see:
      • Madrasah
      • Ijazah
  • Historical educational practices and values:
    • Education in ancient Greece
    • Education in Ancient Rome
    • The curriculum of the Middle Ages: see Medieval university
    • Classical Chinese education see:
      • Imperial examination
      • Scholar-bureaucrats

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