Encyclopaedia of Educational Foundations and Development : A Global Quest for the 21 (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: Concepts, Theory and Thinkers on Education : Preface. Backdrop: 1. Nature of philosophy and scientific thinking. 2. Building up a personal philosophy of education. 3. Diversity and depth of traditional education in the West and East. I. Flashes of insight into the nature and nurture of education: 4. Understanding nature of education. 5. Flashes of insight into the nature and nurture of education (551-479 B.C. to 1811-1888). 6. Flashes of insight into the nature and nurture of education (1819-83 to 1881-1973). 7. Flashes of insight into the nature and nurture of education (1882-1943 to 2000). II. Useful education and development: 8. Literacy accelerates the pace of development. 9. Vocationalisation of education in India-some background remarks. 10. Chartering a new policy of vocational/technical education in Asia. III. Education: the battle for the minds: 11. An eye to the ancient system of Indian education. 12. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902). 13. Sri Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950). IV. The greatest thinkers of all times in the Western philosophy: 14. Socrates on the art of questioning. 15. Plato on education. 16. Aristotle on education.V. Some more views on education: 17. Some other views on education prior to J.J. Rousseau. 18. Jan Amos Comenius. VI. Modernization of education with focus on education of the poor and the handicapped: 19. J.J. Rousseau.20. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. 21. Robert Owen on experiment in social living. 22. Friedrich Froebel. 23. Ellen Key. 24. Maria Montessori. 25. Jean-Ovide Decroly. VII. Some founders of education with a difference: 26. 1087 pp.…