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Non-Western educational traditions : alternative approaches to educational thought and practice

Title
Non-Western educational traditions : alternative approaches to educational thought and practice / Timothy Reagan.
Author
Reagan, Timothy G.
Publication
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2000.

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Description
xv, 263 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
Uniform Title
Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.
Subject
  • Comparative education
  • Education > Philosophy
  • Educational anthropology
  • Onderwijsstelsels
  • Opvoeding
  • Vergelijkende onderwijskunde
  • Onderwijsvernieuwing
  • Filosofische aspecten
  • Education > Cross-cultural studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-248) and indexes.
Contents
An introduction to the study of non-Western educational traditions : a philosophical starting point -- "A wise child is talked to in proverbs" : traditional African educational thought and practice -- Training "face and heart" : the Mesoamerican educational experience -- "Finding the true meaning of life" : indigenous education in North America -- Developing the Chün-tzu : Confucius and the Chinese educational heritage -- "An intelligent man attends on a wise person" : traditional Hindu and Buddhist educational thought and practice -- "Familiar strangers" : the case of the Rom -- "No gift is better than education" : the Islamic educational enterprise -- Themes and lessons in the study of non-Western educational traditions : toward a beginning.
ISBN
  • 0805834508
  • 9780805834505
LCCN
99054729
OCLC
  • ocm42708039
  • 42708039
  • SCSB-1035272
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library