Non-Western educational traditions : indigenous approaches to educational thought and practice / Timothy Reagan.

Author: Reagan, Timothy G.

Edition Statement:3rd ed.

Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2010.

Descriptionxiii, 308 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:First published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah NJ. Transferred to digital printing 2010 by Rutledge.

Note:An introduction to the study of non-western and indigenous educational traditions: a philosophical starting point -- Conceptualizing culture: "I, we, and the other" -- "A wise child is talked to in proverbs": indigenous African educational thought and practice -- Training "face and heart": the Mesoamerica educational experience -- "Finding the true meaning of life": indigenous education in North America -- Developing the Chun-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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-289) and indexes.

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