A pioneering socio-historical analysis of change and development in secondary education in England, France, and Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Published In The Silver Jubilee Year Of Its Existence The Ninth Edition Of This Book Has Been Thoroughly Revised. Apart From The Regular Updating Of Information And Statistics Throughout, Two Chapters Have Been Totally Rewritten As Education In The Tenth Five Year Plan And Recent Initiatives In Educational Development In India , And One New Has Been Added, Namely, Comparative Data On The Development Of Education . Updating Has Been Done Using The Following Publications: (I) The State Of The World S Children 2007, Unicef; And (Ii) Elementary Education In India-Progress Towards Uee, Nuepa. 2007, And Following Publications Of The Government Of India: (I) Annual Report 2004-2005, Ugc; (Ii) Economic Survey 2006-2007, Ministry Of Finance; (Iii) India 2007, Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting; (Iv) Annual Report 2006-2007, Ministry Of Hrd; (V) Selected Educational Statistics 2004-2005, Ministry Of Hrd.

The History of Modern Japanese Education is the first account in English of the construction of a national school system in Japan, as outlined in the 1872 document, the Gakusei. Divided into three parts tracing decades of change, the book begins by exploring the feudal background for the Gakusei during the Tokugawa era which produced the initial leaders of modern Japan. Next, Benjamin Duke traces the Ministry of Education's investigations of the 1870s to determine the best western model for Japan, including the decision to adopt American teaching methods. He then goes on to cover the eventual "reverse course" sparked by the Imperial Household protest that the western model overshadowed cherished Japanese traditions. Ultimately, the 1890 Imperial Rescript on Education integrated Confucian teachings of loyalty and filial piety with Imperial ideology, laying the moral basis for a western-style academic curriculum in the nation's schools.

This book re-conceptualizes the field of international and comparative education by utilizing indigenous knowledge as a central component for altering the dominant, eurocentric social science research paradigm. Examples from indigenous sources of knowledge are juxtaposed to the dominant discourses on education and modern development in subaltern societies in order to provide scholars with alternative ways of viewing education and development and to shape how subaltern peoples are understood and represented in academic research. Bibliography. Index.

This book is a philosophical assessment of the curriculum and education, which presents an attractively formulated conception of the good life. Education is a creative process, and an infinite array of forces is at work to produce a fully matured adult. The purpose of education to teach a person to live in the manner that is best for them and their associates. The intellect plays an indispensable role, and life cannot be enjoyed completely without cultivating painstakingly the art of intellectual living. The servant of the intellect is language, science is an instrument for comprehending the nature of reality, and religious contemplation is a noble and difficult level of life to achieve. It is emphasized here that education is for the development of vigorous minds and that living knowledge is the result of our being stimulated and disciplined by an endless succession of impressions and experiences. The mission of education to direct and condition children to a superior manner of life by means of an unceasing interplay of nature's resources with the refined nurture provided in our social and cultural institutions.

As contemporary education becomes increasingly tied to global economic power, national school systems attempting to influence one another inevitably confront significant tensions caused by differences in heritage, politics, and formal structures. Trajectories in the Development of Modern School Systems provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical critique of the reform movements that seek to homogenize schooling around the world. Informed by historical and sociological insight into a variety of nations and eras, these in-depth case studies reveal how and why sweeping, convergent reform agendas clash with specific institutional policies, practices, and curricula. Countering current theoretical models which fail to address the potential pressures born from these challenging isomorphic developments, this book illuminates the cultural idiosyncrasies that both produce and problematize global reform efforts and offers a new way of understanding curriculum as a manifestation of national identity.