Human Conditions: The Cultural Basis of Educational Developments (Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education #32)

Synopsis

First published in 1986, this book proposes and illustrates a new approach to the comparative analysis of educational policy, based on anthropological and historical inquiry. It reviews the transitions of Western countries, Japan, and the People’s Republic of China and in doing so investigates cultural ideas of human potential and how they inform social and economic goals of education. An analysis of the problems and emerging patterns in developing countries reveals how and why the meanings of life for the majority of their populations were still influenced by agrarian cultural models, even after the introduction of new educational and occupational careers. In place of universalistic economic models and homogenous modernization strategies, the authors propose that culture-specific meanings of education are determined by each country’s particular transition from its agrarian past to its socio-economic conditions at the time. They argue that change in educational development has been as varied in ends, means and significance outcomes as the cultures in which it has occurred and point to the need for a deeper understanding of cultural contexts in which policy choices and development plans are made.

Copyright:

1986

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

252 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781351818933

Related ISBNs:

9781315213552, 9780415790161, 9780415790147

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/26/21

Copyrighted By:

Robert A. LeVine and Merry I. White

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology

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