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page 1History of education

trivium
thumb|right|Allegory of Grammar and Logic/Dialectic. Perugia, Fontana Maggiore.
thumb|Allegory of Grammar. Priscian on the left teaches Latin grammar to his students on the right. Relief by [[Luca della Robbia. Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.]]

Emile, or On Education
1762 essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Socratic method
type of dialog or debate
female education
complex set of issues and debates surrounding education for girls and women
history of education
aspect of history
normal school
educational institution to train teachers
numerus clausus
method used to limit the number of students who may study at a university

primary "folk" school
thumb|Students of the Münsterschule in Bonn in 1954
The German term Volksschule () generally refers to compulsory education, denoting an educational institution every person (i.e. the people, Volk) is required to attend.
one-room school
small rural school in which students of different ages are mixed in a single classroom
whipping boy
historical profession

sloyd
right|thumb|300px|Woodwork room for teaching sloyd in Denmark, 1931
Sloyd (Swedish '), also known as educational sloyd', is a system of handicraft-based education started by Uno Cygnaeus in Finland in 1865. The system was further refined and promoted worldwide, and was taught in the United States until the early 20th century. It is still taught as a compulsory subject in Finnish, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian schools.
settlement movement
reformist social movement that began in the 1880s in England and the US
education reform
goal of changing public education
Ratio Studiorum
Document that standardized the system of Jesuit education in 1599
Jewish quota
limits on Jewish immigration and education
sand table
table using constrained sand for modelling or educational purposes
School dormitories
historical type of dormitory for students
English-medium education
medium of instruction
dunce
Dunce is a mild insult in English meaning "a person who is slow at learning or stupid". The etymology given by Richard Stanyhurst is that the word is derived from the name of the Scottish scholastic theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus.