Non-Western educational traditions
Subtitle: indigenous approaches to educational thought and practice
By: Timothy Reagan.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780805848571
Subjects: Comparative education; Education -- Philosophy; Educational anthropology
Description: "This text provides a brief, yet comprehensive, overview of a number of non-Western approaches to educational thought and practice. Its premise is that understanding the ways in which other peoples educate their children - as well as what counts for them as "education" - may help us think more clearly about some of our own assumptions and values, and become more open to alternative viewpoints about important educational matters."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Previous ed.: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-289) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to the study of non-western and indigenous educational traditions : a philosophical starting point; title: Conceptualizing culture : "I, we, and the other"; title: "A wise child is talked to in proverbs" : indigenous African educational thought and practice; title: Training "face and heart" : the Mesoamerican educational experience; title: "Finding the true meaning of life" : indigenous education in North America; title: Developing the Chün-tzu : Confucius and the Chinese educational heritage; title: "An intelligent man attends on a wise person" : traditional Hindu and Buddhist educational thought and practice; title: "Familiar strangers" : the case of the Rom; title: "No gift is better than education" : the Islamic educational enterprise; title: Themes and lessons in the study of non-western educational traditions : toward a beginning.