Education Beyond Europe : Models and Traditions Before Modernities.

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 Asia and Oceania -- Chapter 1 "Universities" in Japan? Education and Places of Learning in the Early Modern Period -- 1 Education Outside of the Temples -- 1.1 Lay Education -- 1.2 Education of Women -- 2 Learning in Buddhist Temples -- 2.1 Buddhist Monasteries and Literacy -- 2.2 Acolytes and Monk Apprentices -- 2.3 Doctrinal Disputations and the Official Hierarchy -- 2.4 Lineages and the Transmission of Secrets -- 3 Medieval Temples as Places of Learning -- 3.1 The Kanazawa Bunko: A Medieval Library -- 3.2 Ashikaga Gakkō: Between Buddhism and Confucianism -- 3.3 An Example of Monastic Education: The Tendai Monk Tenkai -- 4 Conclusion: From Monastic Learning to Public Monastic Schooling (Terakoya) -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 School Education in China from 1400 to 1800 -- 1 The Development of School Education in China from 1400 to 1800 -- 1.1 Constructing Schools -- 1.2 Imperial Examinations to Select Ruling Officials -- 2 Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as an Educational Ideology -- 3 The Management of Public Schools in China from 1400 to 1800 -- 4 The Management of Central Official Schools -- 4.1 The Management of the Quoc Tu Giam -- 4.2 The Management of Other Central Official Schools -- 4.3 Management of Local Official Schools -- 5 The Development of Chinese Shu Yuan from 1400 to 1800 -- 5.1 The Development and Characteristics of Shu Yuan in the Ming Dynasty -- 5.2 The Development and Characteristics of the Shu Yuan in the Early Qing Dynasty -- 5.3 The Introduction of Typical Examples of Shu Yuan -- 6 The Main Characteristics of Chinese School Education -- 6.1 The Importance of Education in National Governance -- 7 Conclusion: European Influence and the Decline of Traditional Chinese Education -- Bibliography.

Chapter 3 Education in Premodern Korea: Commitment, Resiliency, and Change -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The History behind Korea's Premodern Education (before 1392) -- 3 Korea's Premodern Education (1392-1910) -- 3.1 The Joseon Dynasty and Promotion of Learning -- 3.2 Purpose and Primary Functions -- 3.3 Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Student Life -- 3.4 External Governance -- 4 Educational Institutions during the Joseon Dynasty -- 4.1 Seodang -- 4.2 Hyanggyo and Puhak -- 4.3 Seowon Academies -- 4.4 Seonggyungwan -- 5 A Modern Perspective on Education in the Joseon Dynasty -- 6 Changes on the Horizon -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Mission Schools in Batakland -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context and Background to the Encounter:  Education in Indonesia, 1800-1940 -- 2.1 The Dutch Colonial Government's Educational Policy and Practice -- 2.2 Educational Efforts of Mission Boards -- 2.3 Relationships between the Mission and Government in the Field of Education -- 2.4 Traditional Batak Education -- 2.5 The rmg's View of Education -- 3 The Process of the Encounter -- 3.1 The Pioneering Period, 1861-82 -- 3.1.1 Relationships with Batak Society -- 3.1.2 Relationship with the Dutch Indies Government -- 3.1.3 School Development -- 3.1.4 Education of Indigenous Teachers -- 3.2 The Highpoint of Development, 1883-1914 -- 3.3 Period of "Advance through Storm," 1915-40 -- 4 Epilogue and Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Interaction between Māori "Indigenous" Educational Systems and the "Imposed" Educational Systems of the West -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transpacific Conquest and Colonization -- 3 Doctrine of Discovery with a New Code: Domination Code -- 4 The God-Eyed Euro-Male -- 5 How the Literary Invention Played out in Aotearoa:  From "Savages" to "Civilized Civilians" -- 6 Legacy of Colonization.

6.1 The 1835 Declaration of Independence and 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi -- 6.2 The Doctrine of Discovery in the 1987 Lands Case -- 7 Linguicism and Linguafaction -- 7.1 Linguicism: Linguistic Injustice -- 7.2 Kaupapa Māori through a Critical Literacy Frame -- 8 Construction and Politics of Curriculum -- 9 Reframing the Curriculum -- 10 Powerful Discourses and Society -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Education and the Transmission of Knowledge in India's Medieval Past: Contents, Processes, and Implications -- 1 Context and Preliminaries -- 2 "Knowledge" as Understood in the Islamic East -- 3 Arabs in Northwestern India and the Study of the "Islamic Sciences" -- 4 Islamic Learning under the Sultans of Delhi -- 5 The Study of Tasawwuf in the Indian Subcontinent -- 6 Early Indian Scholarship on the "Islamic Sciences" -- 7 Indian Muslim Scholarship and "World Religions" -- 8 "Curriculum" and "Syllabi" in Pre-colonial Times -- 8.1 Scientific Ideas and Concepts in the Syllabi -- 9 The Art of Calligraphy: Instruction and Training -- 10 Sanskrit-Based and Indigenous Learning in Medieval India -- 11 Book-Craft, Scribes, and Libraries in the Precolonial Period -- 12 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Shiʿi Educational Traditions and Systems in Early Modern Iraq and Iran -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Islamic Roots of Shiʿi Education in Iran and Iraq -- 3 Safavid Madrasas -- 4 Moral Conduct (ʾadab) and Methodology in the Pursuit of Knowledge -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part 2 Americas -- Chapter 8 Learning and Literacy in Mesoamerica: Pre-Hispanic Traditions and the Challenges of Alphabetic Hegemony -- 1 Aztec Educational Institutions and Practices -- 2 Education among the Ancient Maya -- 3 Zapotec Scripts and Education -- 4 Alphabetic Writing and the Impact of Its Adoption in Mesoamerica -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Bibliography.

Chapter 9 Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Early Modern Education in Brazil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The First Phase of Jesuit Education -- 3 The Eighteenth Century and the Pombaline Reform -- 4 The Nineteenth Century -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part 3 Africa and the Ottoman Mediterranean -- Chapter 10 Ethiopian Traditional Education and Fifteenth-Century Reformist Movements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Traditional Education and the Ethiopian Church -- 3 Content and Structure of Traditional Education -- 4 The Functions of Traditional Education -- 5 The Philosophical Foundations of Ethiopian Traditional Education -- 6 General Critics and Reformist Movements in Premodern Ethiopian Education -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 Premodern Ottoman Educational Institutions -- 1 Premodern Education in the Ottoman Empire:  Background and Context -- 2 Central Ottoman Educational Institutions -- 2.1 Madrasas -- 2.2 Management and Personnel Structure -- 2.3 Education, Lessons, and Graduation at the Madrasas -- 2.4 The Discourse of the Decline of the Madrasas -- 3 Ottoman Palace Education: The Devshirme System and the Palace School -- 3.1 Tranquility Lessons (Qurʾanic Commentary and Explanation) in the Palace -- 3.2 Princely (Shahzadah) Education and Şehzadegân School -- 4 Informal Educational Institutions in Ottoman Society -- 4.1 Neighborhood/Primary Schools -- 4.2 Mosques and Small Mosques (Mescid) -- 4.3 Dervish Lodges, Small Lodges, and Sufi Education -- 5 Caravansary, Islamic Monastery, Guilds (Loncalar), and Vocational Education -- 6 Libraries, Book Bazaars, and Bookshops -- 7 Houses and Mansions of Scholars, Poets, Literary Men, and Statesmen -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part 4 Blurred Boundaries -- Chapter 12 Education in Early Modern Russia: Beyond the "Petrine Revolution" -- 1 The "Clean Slate" Myth.

2 The "Peter the Demiurge" Myth -- 3 The "Resistance to Schooling" Myth -- 4 The "Military Needs" Myth -- 5 The Myth of "Wholesale Borrowing" -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13 Educational Traditions in the Principality of Transylvania (1541-1691) -- 1 Introduction: Caveats and Sources -- 2 The Political and Religious Foundations of the Principality of Transylvania -- 3 The Medieval Educational Tradition and Its Fate after the Reformation -- 4 Founding the New Educational Tradition in the Sixteenth Century -- 5 Consolidation of the Educational Tradition in the Seventeenth Century: Continuity and Renewal -- Bibliography -- Chapter 14 Educational Traditions in the Early Modern Baltics, 1400-1800 -- 1 Introduction: Historical Background -- 2 Livonia's Medieval Educational Tradition -- 3 Polish Livonia -- 4 Swedish Livonia -- 5 The Duchy of Courland -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 15 In the Name of Barefoot Historians In-Between Spaces within the Icelandic Educational System -- 1 Introduction: Cultural History -- 2 The Narrative of Two Campaigns and the In-Between Space -- 3 A Vernacular Writing Revolution -- 4 Barefoot Historians -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

This volume inquires into the history of local educational traditions both before and after their encounter with European powers, and their own modernities.

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