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• ISBN: 0805848576
• ISBN: 9780805848571
• Physical Description: xiii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Previous edition: 2000.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-289) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. An introduction to the study of non-western and indigenous educational traditions : a philosophical starting point -- The challenge of ethnocentrism -- The role of constructivist epistemology in the study of indigenous educational traditions -- The concept of "tradition" and its limits -- The Western-non-Western dichotomy -- Leaning from oral traditions -- E.T., the lost continent of Atlantis, and cannibalism : some reflections on credibility and "otherness" -- Commonality and diversity in indigenous traditions -- Positionality and non-Western educational traditions -- Conclusions -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes -- 2. Conceptualizing culture : "I, we, and the other" -- Understanding culture : the role of anthropology -- The misrepresentation of culture -- Issues of culture, power, and dominance -- What is "Western" culture? -- The culture of the DEAF-WORLD -- Concluding thoughts -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes.

3. "A wise child is talked to in proverbs" : indigenous African educational thought and practice -- The history of Africa : a brief overview -- The goals of indigenous African education -- The oral tradition in indigenous African education -- Indigenous African education as moral education -- The process of initiation -- Vocational aspects of indigenous African education -- Afrocentrism and the romanticization of Africa -- Concluding thoughts -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes -- 4. Training "face and heart" : the Mesoamerican educational experience -- Educational thought and practice in classic Mayan society -- The Aztec case -- The Aztec world -- The Aztec conception of the "educated person" -- The educational functions of the family in Aztec society -- Formal schooling in Aztec society -- Conclusions -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes.

5. "Finding the true meaning of life" : indigenous education in North America -- The core belief system of indigenous Americans -- Indigenous American educational beliefs and practices -- Toward a philosophy of native American education -- Conclusions -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes -- 6. Developing the Chün-tzu : Confucius and the Chinese educational heritage -- The role of Confucian thought in traditional Chinese education -- Traditional Chinese educational practice -- The imperial examination system -- Science, technology, and discovery in the Chinese tradition -- Conclusions -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes.

7. "An intelligent man attends on a wise person" : traditional Hindu and Buddhist educational thought and practice -- The origins of Hinduism -- The Vedic tradition -- Hindu beliefs and practices -- Hindu educational thought -- Traditional Hindu educational practice -- The case of Vedic mathematics -- Hinduism : tying it together -- The Buddhist tradition -- An overview of Buddhism -- Historical Buddhist educational thought and practice -- Higher education in ancient India -- Conclusions -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes -- 8. "Familiar strangers" : the case of the Rom -- A word about labels -- The origins of the Rom -- The challenge of studying the Rom -- Cultural and social values and norms -- The fears and realities of persecution : "even paranoids have enemies" -- Childrearing and education -- Conclusions -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes.

9. "No gift is better than education" : the Islamic educational enterprise -- Islam : an overview -- Islamic philosophy of education -- Traditional Islamic educational practice -- Conclusions -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes -- 10. Themes and lessons in the study of non-Western educational traditions : toward a beginning -- Some common themes in indigenous educational traditions -- The epistemology and epistemological challenge of indigenous knowledges -- Areas for future research -- Conclusions -- Questions for reflection and discussion -- Recommended further readings -- Notes.

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Comparative education.
Education > Philosophy.
Educational anthropology.

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