Tutor and Tutoring in the History of Education (to the Great French Revolution)
Published Online: Jul 31, 2020
Page range: 49 - 59
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ped21-2020-0008
Keywords
tutor, tutoring, educational concept, reasons for selecting a tutor, individual upbringing, extramural upbringing, home schooling, estate upbringing-knights, merchants, peasants, direct relations, the cult of friendship, private tutoring, self study, a guide, a caretaker, priests, eminent clergymen, a governess, noblemen offspring, scholaster
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The article aims at presenting the history of tutoring and the role of a tutor in one of the most significant educational concepts in the world starting with the ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China or the countries of Europe-Greece, Rome, England, Ireland, Kingdom of the Franks, the Roman Empire, France, Poland, Italy, ending with the immense social transformations sparked by the French Revolution. Throughout the centuries the role of tutors was of great significance since by staying in homes of their pupils not only did they educate but by the direct relation between a master and an apprentice, based on friendship and mutual trust, which initiated honest discussion, they influenced to a great extent the shaping of their pupils` personalities…