THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN PRE-SCHOOL GREEK EDUCATION FROM CLASSICAL AGE TO THE END OF HELLENISTIC PERIOD: NURSES, WET NURSES AND NANNIES

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 13, 405 - 419, 26.12.2022

Nuriye Külahlı

https://doi.org/10.48122/amisos.1166510

Abstract

Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine the place of the women in pre-school Greek education from the Classical Age to the end of the Hellenistic Period. In child education, the place of mothers was certainly great. The related sources indicate not only the importance of mothers but also the presence of other women in child rearing and education. In this context, the roles of nurses, wet-nurses and nannies in pre-school Greek education will be tried to be explained. In this study, the place and importance of the women in Ancient Age pre-school education will be discussed in detail with the help of present archeological findings in Greece mainland, Western Anatolia, Crete, the Cyclades, Rome and the Hellenistic Kingdoms and the works of ancient and modern writers.
Keywords : pre-school, Greek child education, nurse, wet-nurse, nanny

Keywords

Greek child education, pre-school, nurse, wet-nurse, nanny

KLASİK ÇAĞ’DAN HELENİSTİK DÖNEM SONUNA KADAR OKUL ÖNCESİ YUNAN EĞİTİMİNDE KADININ YERİ: HEMŞİRELER, SÜTANNELER VE DADILAR

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Bu çalışmanın amacı Klasik Çağ’dan Helenistik Dönem sonuna kadar okul öncesi Yunan eğitiminde kadının yerini belirlemektir. Çocuk eğitimde annelerin yeri tartışmasız büyük olmuştur. Konu ile ilgili kaynaklar, çocuğun bakımı ve eğitimi konusunda annelerin öneminden bahsettiği gibi başka kadınların da varlığına işaret etmektedir. Bu kapsamda, hemşireler, sütanneler ve dadıların okul öncesi Yunan eğitim alanındaki rolleri açıklanmaya çalışılacaktır. Çalışmamızda, Yunanistan anakarası, Batı Anadolu, Girit, Kiklad Adaları, Roma ve Helenistik Krallıklar üzerindeki mevcut arkeolojik buluntular; antik yazarların ve modern yazarların eserlerinden yararlanılarak Antik Çağ okul öncesi eğitiminde kadının yeri ve önemi detaylı olarak ele alınacaktır.

Keywords

Yunan çocuk eğitimi, hemşire, sütanne, dadı, okul öncesi eğitim

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