Non-Western educational traditions : alternative approaches to educational thought and practice
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Bibliographic Information
Non-Western educational traditions : alternative approaches to educational thought and practice
(Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education)
L. Erlbaum, 1996
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Available at 16 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Kobe University General Library / Library for Intercultural Studies
: alk. paper371-3-R061009700348
Note
Includes bibliographical references(p. 149-176) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The history of education, as it has been conceived and taught in the United States (and in the West generally), has focused almost entirely on the ways in which our own educational tradition emerged, developed, and changed over the course of the centuries. Although understandable, this means that the many other ways that societies have sought to meet the same challenges have been ignored. This book seeks to redress this oversight by providing a brief yet comprehensive review of a small number of other, non-Western approaches to educational thought and practice. Understanding the ways that other peoples have tried to educate their children--as well as what counted for them as "education"--may help us to think more clearly about some of our own assumptions and values. It should also help us to become more open to alternative viewpoints about important educational matters.
Table of Contents
Contents: Preface. The Study of Non-Western Educational Traditions. Traditional African Educational Thought and Practice. The Meso-American Educational Experience: The Case of the Aztecs. Education in Pre-Columbian North America. The Chinese Educational Heritage. Hinduism and Education in Classical India. The Buddhist Educational Tradition. The Islamic Educational Enterprise. Themes and Lessons in the Study of Non-Western Educational Traditions: Concluding Thoughts. Bibliography.
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