Natural Sciences in the Education of Protestant (Evangelical and Reformed) Higher Schools in the Hungarian Kingdom in Early Modern Age. A Comparison
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Babeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Press
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The Reformation, being one of the most significant streams of thought in the early modern age, was closely associated with considerable changes exhibited in various facets of life, including education. Placing schools under Protestant management had a significant effect on the curriculum to some extent also in the use of innovative methods in education. The aim of this study is to highlight an important quality of Protestant education, which started in the early modern ages in the areas of Upper Hungary and manifested itself by strengthening the status of natural sciences in curriculum. The article focuses on a number of related problems. In the first place, I focus on a time horizon for implementing individual natural science courses in Protestant schools and their status in relation to other courses. In addition, I pay attention to discussing the teaching method adopted used at the time, the use of new methods and teaching aids, and then mention the distinguished personalities that were essential during the process of development and implementation of these courses in schools, as well as further related issues.