Tibetan schooling in a global culture
By: edited by Nawang B. Phuntsog
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Clear Light Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Fe, N.M
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781574161069
Subjects: Tibetans; Education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a window into the global culture for education / Nawang B. Phuntsog; title: Cherishing the heart of education: cultivating wisdom and compassion in schooling culture / Leslie J. McClain; title: Comparing Tibetan and non-Tibetan students on thinking styles / Li-fang Zhang, Gerard A. Postiglione, and Ben Jiao; title: Smart nomads?: modern education and the construction of Drokwa identity on the Tibetan plateau / Lilian Iselin; title: Literacy, preservation, and history: Tibetan exile education's non-influence on youths' everyday literacy practices / Heidi Swank; title: The role of ethnic identity in school engagement: perceptions of immigrant Tibetan adolescents in select U.S. public schools / Nawang B. Phuntsog; title: Identity and identification in the Tibetan diaspora: a sustainability challenge / Seonaigh MacPherson.