Education in ancient Chinese civilization

Educational goals

Educate the men, who were disciples of Confucius and/or Taoism.

The men would go on to work as officials of the emperor

Teachers would lecture from their books about their ideologies in hopes that they could spread their beliefs.

Early Scholars

Lao Zi, founder of Taoism, had a large impact on chinese culture. Taoism, a religious and philosophical system, got scholars starting to think about life and what it means.

Confucius was another important scholar in Chinese culture. He founded Confucianism, a complex system of religious and ethical values.

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Post-Schooling

Effects of culture on education

Students can be advisers to the political leaders of our society. This would eliminate some of the corruption in the United States government, by instilling positive values in our government officials.

Students can also go out into the world to preach their values and have disciples to spread their ideologies of peace throughout the world.

In ancient China, an emperor ruled the people. He dictated what would be taught based on what he believed and what he wanted for his dynasty. The emperors used education to progress with new ideology.

Curriculum

Build-A-School

School of Thought

Students will start by learning the ideologies of ancient scholars. Students will work their way up to new-age scholars that will spread some of their ideologies to the students.

Students will be encouraged to create their own ideologies or add to current ones to try and better our society.

Students will also be required to have at least 150 observation hours being a disciple of a scholar of their choice.

Mission: To prepare students to go out into the world and make a global impact for good.

Goals: Broaden the minds of the students in order to find a deeper meaning in life.

In this boarding school, students will be completely immersed in deep, intense ideology and theology. Students will study the works of the greatest scholars throughout the worlds history.

Educational Flaws

Testing did not take a precedence in this society. Success was based on the opinion of the official on the scholar, which would often lead to corruption and nepotism.

Ancient China

China is one of the oldest and widespread civilizations in the world. Cultures have been reported to date back to almost six millennia. China has the worlds oldest writing system that is still in use to this day.

Ancient Chinese Cultures

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