Reagan Non-Western Educational Traditions

Local Approaches to Thought and Practice
4. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-69871-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 394 Seiten

Reihe: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

Informative and mind-opening, this text uniquely provides a comprehensive overview of a range of non-Western approaches to educational thought and practice. Its premise is that understanding the ways that other people educate their children—as well as what counts for them as "education"—may help readers to think more clearly about some of their own assumptions and values, and to become more open to alternative viewpoints about important educational matters. The approach is deliberately and profoundly pedagogical, based in the author’s own teaching practice. Designed to be used in pre-service and in-service teacher education courses where substantial critical discussion and debate are encouraged, the text is enhanced by Questions for Discussion and Reflection in each chapter.

Changes in the Fourth Edition

Two new chapters

• Five core features of the ‘Western educational tradition’

• Traditional educational thought and practice in Oceania, with special focus on the Maori in New Zealand, the Hawai’ians and the Australian Aboriginal peoples

Updated and revised chapters

• Theoretical foundation for the study of non-Western educational traditions and the problematic concept of ‘culture’

• Africa—fuller explanation of the diversity within the indigenous African experience including several contemporary cases of state education in Africa

• Islamic education—designed to help non-Muslims to understand the Muslim educational heritage and the growing issue of Islamophobia

• Chinese education—special emphasis on the thought of Confucius, the role of the imperial examination system, and the impact of political and economic changes in the 20th century

• Dharmic religious traditions—more information about contemporary educational practices in Hindu and Buddhist educational thought and practice and brief discussions of Jainism and Sikhism

• North American education

• Education in Mesoamerica—legacy of Spanish colonization, and the role of contemporary educational institutions in the on-going exploitation of indigenous peoples throughout the region

• The Roma (Gypsies)—deals with the persecution of the Rom both in Eastern Europe and in the West

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reagan, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Non-Western Educational Traditions

Chapter 2 ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’: The Western Educational Tradition

Chapter 3 ‘A Wise Child is Talked to in Proverbs’: Indigenous Education Thought and Practice in Africa

Chapter 4 ‘No Gift is Better than Education’: Educational Thought and Practice in the Islamic World

Chapter 5 ‘Developing the Chün-tzu’: Confucius and the Chinese Educational Heritage

Chapter 6 ‘An Intelligent Man Attends on a Wise Person’: Educational Thought and Practice in the Dharmic Traditions

Chapter 7 ‘Finding the True Meaning of Life’: Indigenous Native American Education

Chapter 8 Training ‘Face and Heart’: The Mesoamerican Educational Experience

Chapter 9 ‘Familiar Strangers’: The Case of the Roma

Chapter 10 ‘Handed Down From the Ancestors’: Indigenous Educational Thought and Practice in Oceania

Chapter 11 ‘The Whole World is One Town’: Toward New Perspectives on Local Educational Traditions

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy Reagan is Dean, College of Education and Human Development, University of Maine, USA.