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1.  Philosophical.
 Process of forming concepts or categories as “Appearance and reality,” “Form and change,” etc.
2. Educational .  Method of dialogue tending to reach the formation of a general truth relating to conduct or life.
3. Psychological.  Formation of concepts from percepts.
4. Logical.  Resolution of a species into a genus or the reverse.
5. Scientific.   Induction of general principles [...]

Comparisons to other city-states:
Spartan education is public, Athenian is private.
Sparta educates for war, Athens for peace.
Childhood
(1 to 7 years)

Family education
Plays, myths, stories
Care of the mother

Boyhood (1 to 14 years, School)

Promenade to school under the care of a pedagogue
Music

Poetry, Homer, Hesiod.
Writing of verses from dictation
Reading, intonation, articulation.
Music proper. Doric airs accompanied by the lyre [...]

What sort of education did the ancient Spartan’s receive? Here is a list of their educational methods from birth to manhood, taken from the “Outline History of Education”.

* If you are familiar with current homeschooling theories such as Unschooling and Charlotte Mason, you will recognize much of those theories in here!
Basic principles

Follow nature
Uniformity in all things
Continuity sequence and serial order
Practice expression and sense impression
Popular and complete education. Pansophy. Encyclopedic training.

General method

Learn to do by doing
Present to as many senses as possible
Things before [...]

Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold
This 109 page public domain book from 1911, written in outline form, details the many educational theories and style of education that has evolved over the course of human history. It’s a very interesting read for anyone who is interested in a psychological overview of education and [...]

Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold
Rules of Practice

Appeal to the experience of the child.  Choose such materials of knowledge as lie close to the child’s experiences in general.
Arrange the materials of instruction so that each step prepares for the next. Each topic should form a strong aid for the apperception of the following topic.
The [...]

The article below was found in Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold, written in 1911.  You can download this entire free book here.

Virtue

Possess the proper religious ideas.
Preserve the mind from notions of spirits goblins fearful apprehensions in the dark, etc.
Form the habit of exactly speaking the truth.
Develop good nature Injustice generally springs from [...]