David G. Hebert, PhD is a Professor with the Faculty of Education at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, and Honorary Professor with the Education University of Hong Kong. He teaches for Bergen Summer Research School and has grant funding from various sources for international projects in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has published nine academic books and the present volume was developed by two cohorts of his doctoral course PhD911: Non-Western Educational Philosophy and Policy.  

Foreword

Koji Matsunobu

Introduction: Why comparative and decolonial studies in philosophy of education?

David G. Hebert

Chapter 1 Cai Yuanpei and aesthetic education in modern China

Ning Luo

Chapter 2 Self-reflection, East and West: Educational implications of Kyoto School versus Humboldtian Bildung approaches

Miwa Chiba

Dorothy Ferary

Czarecah Tuppil Oropilla, Charla Rochella Santiago-Saamong and Jean Guadana

Chapter 5 Beyond education: A balanced perspective embodied in Tagore and Hu Shih's educational philosophies

Lexuan Zhang

Chapter 6 Ubuntu and moral education

Pip Bennett

Chapter 7 Omoluabi and Asabiyah philosophies: Afro-Arabian perspectives on inclusive education policy in Nigeria

Abass Bolaji Isiaka

Chapter 8 Implications of Amartya Sen's 'capabilities' approach for education in Luxembourg

Daniela Lacramioara Moraru

Chapter 9 The "happy island" of Polish music education: Self-Orientalization of educational philosophies in post-Soviet Europe

Adam Switala and Piotr Majewski