LESSON PLAN

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

A. Define what is the concept of universities during the medieval period

B. Describe how education progressed from monasteries to guild and universities in Europe during
the Middle Age
3. Identify some of the Universities that was built during the Medieval Age

II. SUBJECT MATTER

THE RISE OF THE MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITY

III. LEARNING RESOURCES

References: Encyclopedia.com

Other learning resources: Laptop and Projector

IV. PROCEDURES

Learning Activities

TEACHERS ACTIVITY LEARNERS ACITIVITY

Start the lesson by presenting a 3 minute Video Presentation about -Listen and understand the meaning
Medieval University of the video

We will ask what are some ideas that they understand throughout
the video presentation

Presenting the new lesson -Listen and ask us if there are any
questions
The Rise of the Medieval Universities
-Be ready for the group activity

Overview

-The European university is a particular organization that emerged

out of the conditions of medieval society. Students and teachers in
Europe applied the medieval trend of guild organization to protect
themselves from local laws, high prices, and prejudices. Wider
needs within medieval society for people with skills and learning
boosted student numbers, and universities grew to meet the
demand.
Background

-The collapse of the Roman Empire in the fourth century created a

period of anarchy and economic crisis across Europe. The
intellectual climate changed drastically, and large numbers of books
and papers were lost or destroyed. The overall need for learned men
fell in parallel with the decline of trade, economics, and local
administration.

-Medieval learning was based on the seven liberal arts. The

quadrivium (four) were mathematically based, comprising
arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy, but these were much
less popular than the linguistic trivium (three) of grammar, rhetoric,
and logic, which led to further study in theology, philosophy,
medicine, and law.

-European economics and politics slowly began to develop, and the

growth in trade and government administration saw an increased
need for literate and numerate scholars. The survival of ancient
texts in Western monasteries had made them the focal points of
medieval learning.

-The cathedral schools, especially those in capital cities or at pivotal

trade routes, began to grow with the slow rise of trade and
economic stability. These became centers for copying the new texts
recovered from the East. While originally intended for religious
study, various reforms made these schools accept secular students
as well. As student numbers climbed, these centers of learning
gradually evolved into universities.

Impact

-The word university originates from the term universitas, which

originally meant any collection of professionals in a guild or
organization. The motivations behind these corporations were to
provide their members with protection from rival groups, and
enable price regulation and monopolies. Over time the term became
narrowed to mean strictly a society of academics.
-The universitas that was to inspire the majority of other institutions
in southern Europe was Bologna. The Italian town had a law school
of great renown, which attracted students from all over Europe,
often from wealthy backgrounds. Like many medieval towns,
Bologna discriminated against foreign residents. They were taxed at
higher rates, charged more for lodging and food, had harsh laws
imposed upon them, and were liable for military service.

-Near the end of the twelfth century the foreign law students at
Bologna formed a union to provide protection from these local
customs and laws. The students had to fight for their rights, and it
took a three-year strike before their absence caused the authorities
to give in to their demands. Students, it was discovered, were a vital
part of the local economy, and so they could demand better
treatment, or take their money elsewhere.
-To keep the students at Bologna they were granted cheap rent,
food, and taxes, as well as exception from military service and the
right to set teaching fees.

-The fortunes of universities were closely tied to the towns they

existed within, or near. Many famous schools, such as Oxford and
Cambridge, were founded at busy commercial centers. There was
often conflict between the town authorities and the academic guilds.
Many riots occurred in the early history of universities, referred to
as "town versus gown battles." One of the questions at stake was
who had legal authority over academics. Over time it became
accepted that scholars could not be arrested or tortured by town
authorities, except for murder. In effect, universities became
independent entities with their own code of conduct and discipline.

-In the early universities, lectures were usually held in the master's
room, or a hired hall, as these universities owned no buildings of
their own. Classes consisted of a master reading aloud and
commenting on an established text, while the students copied down
the lecture word for word. This gave the students both the original
text and a learned commentary on the work. Lecturers who spoke
too softly, or too quickly, were often shouted at by their students,
and in some cases attacked. As the lecturers relied on the fees paid
by their students, teachers could be boycotted, and driven by
economic necessity to alter their teaching or leave.
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-Many universities began to include practical courses in response to

public demand. Courses in the art of letter writing trained the
clerks, money-counters, and administrators of the flourishing
economy.

Samples of Medieval Universities

Name and Contemporane

Notes
Year ous location

The first university in the sense of

a higher-learning, degree-
University awarding institute, the word
of Bologna Holy Roman university having been coined at
its foundation. Teaching there
Empire
C. 1088 started much earlier since for
(1158 example Gerard Sagredo born in
Bologna, Italy
Charter AD 980 learnt liberal arts there
Granted) and the town already had a
corporation of legis doctores and
of causidici[5]

The faculty and nation system of

the University of Paris (along with
that of the University of Bologna)
became the model for all later
medieval universities. The
University University of Paris was known as
of Paris a universitas magistrorum et
Kingdom of
France scholarium (a guild of teachers
1150 and scholars
(1200
France
Charter The university had four faculties:
Granted) Arts, Medicine, Law, and
Theology. The Faculty of Arts
was the lowest in rank, but also
the largest as students had to
graduate there to be admitted to
one of the higher faculties.

"Claimed to be the oldest

University
university in the English speaking
of Oxford
Kingdom of world, there is no clear date of
England foundation of Oxford University,
1096–
but teaching existed at Oxford in
1167
Oxford, United some form in 1096 and developed
(1248
Kingdom rapidly from 1167 when Henry II
charter
banned English students from
granted)[7]
attending the University of Paris
University Commune of Laical studium generale, it was
 of Vicenza Vicenza closed early, in 1209.

1204 Vicenza, Italy

University
Founded by scholars leaving
of
Kingdom of Oxford after a dispute caused by
Cambridge
England the execution of two scholars in
1209, and royal charter was
1209
Cambridge, granted in 1231. The university
(1231
United Kingdom takes 1209 as its official
charter
anniversary.
granted)[9]

-Conduct a group activity through Creative Presentation using the Group 1- Pantomime of Medicine
three higher-education course.
Group 2 - Role Play of Theology
The main task is to create a scene related to the topic and they will
present it to class in just 2-3 minutes. Group 3 - News Casting of Law

Explain the influences of the Medieval Education in the present

education of the Philippines
1. The primary contribution has been preserving and
institutionalizing knowledge
2. Teaching corporations
3. courses of study
4. examinations
5. Degrees
6. "cap & gown."
7. the creation of THE institution/universities
(adopting and revising educational
concerns to better serve society in this day and age we live in)

V. ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION

Create a Graphic Organizer about the Medieval University with your previous groups and report it in class.

*Graphic Organizer Sample

VI. ASSIGNMENT

In ½ crosswise, write a paragraph that composes 5 sentences about your understanding in the topic.

Prepared by:

IVAN JASFER M. PABLICO

RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ
Teacher
UNIF