Education in World History

ISBN-13: 9780415318136 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 160 str.

Mark S. Johnson

Opis

This book is a comprehensive, thematic survey of the history of education throughout the world, from ancient times to the present day. Education in World History analyzes patterns of religious and cultural influence in classical societies, as well as the ways in which conquest, trade and cross-cultural contacts helped to shape educational change in post-classical societies. From Confucius, through to the Greeks and the Egyptians, Mark S. Johnson first takes an integrated look at ancient education, and the development of various education traditions. Considering the ways in which early modern states and religious movements helped to shape ethnic, religious and national identities through increasingly formal institutionalized education, he then examines how colonialism influenced education in the modern era. Finally, the volume goes on to discuss the rise of vocationalism, the decline - in some places - of religious education, and the effects of globalization on education. Suitable for introductory courses and students new to the subject, this concise and lively study reconsiders the history of education from the perspective of world and comparative history.

Spis treści

Introduction: Linking World History and the History of Education, PART I: Education in Early Human Societies, 1. Education in Antiquity and Early Classical Societies: The Role of Religion, 2. Rome and the Early Christian World: Building the Classical Legacy, 3. Education in South and East Asia: Two Other Classical Traditions, PART II: The Postclassical Centuries, 4. Fragmentation and Reconsolidation around the "Religions of the Book", 5. Christian Education in Western Europe, 6. Education in Postclassical Societies: Regional Patterns in Asia, Africa and the Americas, PART III: The Early Modern Period, 7. New Educational Impulses in Western Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, 8. Changes in Eighteenth-Century European Education: New Roles for Science and the State, 9. Education in Early Modern Eurasia and Africa: Tradition and Expansion, PART IV: The Long Nineteenth Century and an Emerging Modern Framework for Education, 10. The Revolutionary Tide, 11. Educational Changes in Western Societies, 12. Global Educational Trends in the Long Nineteenth Century, PART V: The Contemporary Period, 13. Twentieth-Century Changes in Europe and the United States, 14. Decolonization and the Transformation of National Education Systems, 15. Recent Patterns and Tensions, Conclusion