The Renaissance Period

1485-1660

Renaissance
French word rebirth.
renewed interest in classical learning the writings of ancient Greece and Rome.
change in the way people thought
No longer content with the fixed religious beliefs of the Middle Ages
more interested in expanding their own knowledge.

Renaissance
time renewal
human spirit
curiosity and creativity
started in Italy.

Renaissance
Famous inventors, painters, and writers
Michelangelo
Christopher Columbus
Galileo
Da Vinci.

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Humanism - key word
Renaissance scholars
Thomas More and Erasmus
believed - true meaning of the classics (and the Bible)
lost in the translations of later years
believed reading the classics and the Bible in the original Greek could man
recapture the true essence and meaning of the works


Renaissance
educated people began to embrace an intellectual movement
humanism
Humanists looked not only to the Bible
but also to the Latin and Greek classics for wisdom and knowledge.
study of philosophy, history, languages and the arts.






Content to be studied
Greek and roman classics for appreciation and as models for poetry ,drama and
romance
the world of nature appreciation of the things in the nature
values ,music and dancing


Agencies In Humanistic Education

Lower Or Elementary Schools Beginners

Secondary Or Court Schools

Universities


organization of grade levels
girls were taught at home
boys had to go through school and received education at home


Methods Of Instruction

Lecture

Writing Themes

Development Of Self Expression

Balanced Mental And Physical Activity (Play)






Humanistic Approaches to Teaching
Humanism
concentrate on development of the child's self-concept.
child feels good about himself
Secure
Loved
Valued
Moral
enables a child to accept responsibility
to achieve success in school
pinnacle of self-development, which Maslow terms 'Self-actualisation

Humanism
form of education
child-centred/ Student-centred
child taking responsibility for their education and owning their learning.

Humanist Teacher
Facilitator Not A Disseminator Of Knowledge.
Participatory And Discovery Methods










Disadvantages to the Humanist Approach in the Classroom
Teacher Experience Needed
facilitate students' open expressions of feelings
Learning Styles
Uniqueness of students learning style
Group Emphasis
students spend much of the time in class working in groups.
lead students to discussing matters unimportant to the topic at hand
Lack of Competitiveness from co-students
Focus only on individual development

Reformation, was a spiritual/religious revolution that aimed to correct the problems of the Catholic Church and sparked a
century and a half of religious civil war. It resulted in the establishment of the Protestant branches of Christianity- e.g.
Lutheranism, Calvinism etc

secular ideas.

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am
reborn.
Mahatma Gandhi


Many people live in regrets, thinking and dwelling on what has already passed. Each
day is a new day, which is the amazing part. We have to love each day and fulfill it to
the best of our desires. No one should wait and waste it, but fulfill it like it is the last.


The discovery method is a teaching technique that encourages students to take a more active role in their learning process by
answering a series of questions or solving problems designed to introduce a general concept. In this teaching approach, the
instructor guides the students thought process by posing a series of questions whose responses would lead to the understanding of
a concept before it is explicitly stated. Children act as detectives as they solve concept-attainment activities in stimulating learning
environments. In doing so, they place a newly introduced object in a category that they have previously discovered or identified.
This teaching method is believed to increase retention of material because the student organizes the new information and integrates
it with information that has already been stored.