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- ISBN 9780415318143
- Weight: 900g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2022
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Education in World History shows how broad currents in transnational history have interacted with trends in educational organization and teaching practices over time.
From antiquity and early classical societies to present day, this book highlights the ways in which changes in religious and intellectual life and economic patterns in key world regions have generated developments in education. Since the postclassical period, cross-cultural connections have also influenced educational change. In more recent times, transnational dialogues and mobility have played a vital role in shaping educational patterns. Ranging through South and East Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, the book also considers how the impact of modern forces, such as industrialization and nationalism, have transformed education in fundamental ways. Throughout the volume, Mark S. Johnson and Peter N. Stearns emphasize the tensions between elite and state educational interests and more diverse popular demands for access and, often, for more innovative pedagogy.
Suitable for introductory world history and history of education courses, this lively overview reconsiders the history of education from the perspective of world and comparative history.
Mark S. Johnson is Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. He has worked in the fields of the history of education and contemporary educational studies.
Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University, USA. He has written widely on world history and the history of childhood; his Childhood in World History is now in its 4th edition. His earlier work addressed educational change in the West and Japan.
