Timeless teachers and ethical visions : human development and educational policy

The industrial monoculture spreading across the globe is highly competitive, greedy and egotistical; in the shaping of educational policy, global communities have accepted a model based on science and technology, which lacks aspects that should be addressed in the goal of education. The book Timeles...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Kuriakose, K. K. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2013]
Subjects
Education > Philosophy.
Globalization.
Education and state.
Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Moral and social purpose of education.
Educational strategies and policy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806614370
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-131-2
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 248 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. St. Thomas Aquinas (1224/25-1274)
  • Chapter 3. Islamic educators, Al-Ghazali and Ibn Khaldun
  • Chapter 4. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
  • Chapter 5. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
  • Chapter 6. John Dewey (1859-1952)
  • Chapter 7. Paulo Freire (1921-1997)
  • Chapter 8. Human development, ethical visions, and educational policy
  • Bibliography.

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