Informative and mind-opening, this text uniquely provides a comprehensive overview of a range of non-Western approaches to educational thought and practice. Its premise is that understanding the ways that other people educate their children-as well as what counts for them as "education"-may help readers to think more clearly about some of their own assumptions and values, and to become more open to alternative viewpoints about important educational matters.

Timothy Reagan is Dean, College of Education and Human Development, University of Maine, USA.

Chapter 1 Non-Western Educational Traditions

Chapter 2 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly': The Western Educational Tradition

Chapter 3 'A Wise Child is Talked to in Proverbs': Indigenous Education Thought and Practice in Africa

Chapter 4 'No Gift is Better than Education': Educational Thought and Practice in the Islamic World

Chapter 5 'Developing the Chün-tzu': Confucius and the Chinese Educational Heritage

Chapter 6 'An Intelligent Man Attends on a Wise Person': Educational Thought and Practice in the Dharmic Traditions

Chapter 7 'Finding the True Meaning of Life': Indigenous Native American Education

Chapter 8 Training 'Face and Heart': The Mesoamerican Educational Experience

Chapter 9 'Familiar Strangers': The Case of the Roma

Chapter 10 'Handed Down From the Ancestors': Indigenous Educational Thought and Practice in Oceania

Chapter 11 'The Whole World is One Town': Toward New Perspectives on Local Educational Traditions