附註:Previous edition: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-289) and indexes.
Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Study of Non-Western and Indigenous Educational Traditions: A Philosophical Starting Point -- chapter 2 Conceptualizing Culture: "I, We, and the Other" -- chapter 3 "A Wise Child Is Talked to in Proverbs": Indigenous African Educational Thought and Practice -- chapter 4 Training "Face and Heart": The Mesoamerican Educational Experience -- chapter 5 "Finding the True Meaning of Life": Indigenous Education in North America -- chapter 6 Developing the Chün-tzu: Confucius and the Chinese Educational Heritage -- chapter 7 "An Intelligent Man Attends on a Wise Person": Traditional Hindu and Buddhist Educational Thought and Practice -- chapter 8 "Familiar Strangers": The Case of the Rom -- chapter 9 "No Gift Is Better than Education": The Islamic Educational Enterprise -- chapter 10 Themes and Lessons in the Study of Non-Western Educational Traditions: Toward a Beginning.
摘要: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 that other people 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 to become more open to alternative viewpoints about important educational matters. The value of this informative, mind-opening text for preservice and in-service teacher education courses is enhanced by ""Questions for Discussion and Reflection"" and ""Re.
