Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v19i4.2556
Implications of Ancient Roman Education for Modern Educational Processes
Marjan Ninčević
; Department for Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
Ino Hosni
; Department for Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The influence of Roman culture on today's civilization, including education, is immeasurable. The modern education system is inconceivable without Roman foundations, which range from Latin as the root of modern scientific terminology to the content of contemporary curricula having many similarities with Roman education. Daily life and practical tasks played an important role in ancient Rome, and the importance of acquiring competences that can be described as expertise, professionalism, and the ability to apply knowledge is emphasised nowadays. The contemporary curriculum is focused on the practical and this is where we find a link to Roman education, which puts practicality and usefulness to the forefront. In this paper, we provide an overview of the history of Roman education by linking it to the modern education system, with an emphasis on formal, non-formal, and informal education and learning. We consider the need to develop programmes which emphasise the practical in primary, secondary, and higher education, the need to strengthen the entrepreneurial competences of students, develop trainings and education for entrepreneurship through formal, non-formal, and informal education and learning, encourage entrepreneurial education in the national context, and transform traditional schools and universities to entrepreneurial ones.
Keywords
functional and intentional learning; modern education policy; Roman education
Hrčak ID:
193772
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Publication date:
29.12.2017.
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