Preface

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of illustrations VII
4. Acknowledgements IX
5. Preface XI
6. PART ONE. The Historical Background
7. CHAPTER I. Early Roman upbringing 3
8. CHAPTER II. Education within the family 10
9. CHAPTER III. Education within the family 20
10. CHAPTER IV. Primary schools and 'pedagogues' 34
11. CHAPTER V. Schools of Grammar and Literature 47
12. CHAPTER VI. The rhetoric schools and their critics 65
13. CHAPTER VII. Cicero and the ideal of oratorical education 76
14. CHAPTER VIII. The Roman student abroad 90
15. CHAPTER IX. Education in a decadent society 97
16. PART TWO. Conditions of Teaching
17. CHAPTER X. The problem of accommodation 115
18. CHAPTER XI. Equipment: organization: discipline 126
19. CHAPTER XII. The hazards of a fee-paying system: municipal and State appointments 146
20. PART THREE. The Standard Teaching Programme
21. CHAPTER XIII. Primary education: reading, writing and reckoning 165
22. CHAPTER XIV. The Grammatical syllabus 189
23. CHAPTER XV. The Grammatical syllabus (continued) 198
24. CHAPTER XVI. Study of the poets 212
25. CHAPTER XVII. Study of the poets (continued) 227
26. CHAPTER XVIII. Progress into rhetoric: preliminary exercises 250
27. CHAPTER XIX. Declamations on historical themes 277
28. CHAPTER XX. Learning the art of the advocate 288
29. CHAPTER XXI. Declamation as a preparation for the lawcourts 309
30. Conclusion: a few lessons from the past 328
31. List of abbreviations 334
32. Notes 336
33. Bibliography 380
34. Index 393