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Athenian Education: Its drawbacks and feats in a modern-day sense

I- Introduction
“Education is accepted as a civil right, and it is believed to create an educational
entitlement.” Throughout the years, various cultures around the world have worked to
raise generations to come by providing them with the necessary resources and skills.
Even in ancient Greek civilizations, acquiring knowledge was of prime significance.
In ancient Greece, education was considered as an important part of a person's
personality, and the form of education one obtained was heavily influenced by one's
social status and the history of one's polis. Information learning has been a market-
determined method in recent decades, in comparison to earlier civilizations.
Classical Athens education aimed to produce the Athenian, a resident of the
liberal democracy. The Athenian ideal combined the two Homeric ideals into one,
attempting to construct both the thinker and the man in practice at the same time
(Barclay 1959). Given its democratic system, education in Athens was limited to a
small minority of people. The majority of the population was illiterate, including
slaves, women, and a limited percentage of poor people (Yannikopulos, 1999).
In general, Greeks have recognized and valued schooling as a vehicle for upward
social mobility and as a fundamental component of exercising influence over the
centuries. Education in Athens was personal and not obligatory, but like Spartans,
Athenians value education as a pillar of their civilization. As a result, the bulk of
Athenian philosophers and politicians were from the middle and upper classes.

II- Cause and Effect


Greek education pioneered some of the first approaches and processes that are
still used in some way today. The Socratic method of investigation, also known as
Socratic probing, is a method of getting to the facts of a case used in law schools.
Lawyers and other professors do this to measure the boundaries of a student's
knowledge, much as Socrates did in his search for honesty and goodness.
Despite its accomplishments, Athenian schooling has certain flaws. Greek culture
is one of the reasons why western civilization took a wrong turn. Women, according
to Aristotle, are not equal to men. Slavery was also justified by him. No matter how
authoritative a scholar seems to be, one should still evaluate them objectively.
Aristotle was a decent scientist, but he had certain serious shortcomings.
III- Recommendations
It is common knowledge that the Greek educational system put a question in front
of students and asked them to solve the issue using their own consequences. The
students themselves ponder and meditate on the answers. The tutors corrected or
explained the work as it was presented. In the same way, Alexander was taught by
Socrates.
Affirmative, in today's educational setting, students like being challenged. If
questions are thrown at them, they are smart enough to figure out solutions. When a
dilemma is turned over, they become more secure, autonomous, and sensible and
rational. As a result of my own experience, I believe and recommend that Greek
pedagogy for teaching learners is very receptive to modern learning methods. The
tutors in modern education are often needed to find learning experiences more
difficult, which is a Socratic view of learning. At times, it leads to the learner being
more capable.
IV- References Cited
Barclay, William. (1959). Educational Ideals in the Ancient World. London: Collins.
Gvelesiani, Irina. (2013). ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEMS (SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST IN THE FORMATION OF FUTURE).
European Scientific Journal.
Yannikopulos, B. Anastasios. (1999). Education in Classical and Pro-Classical
Antiquity. Athens: Grigoris.

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