The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modern Asian Educators: 1850-2000

This handbook is a unique and major resource on modern educators of Asia and their contribution to Asian educational development through the 19th and 20th centuries when modernization started in Asia. In one comprehensive volume, this handbook covers a selection of modern educators from East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia – and their contributions to the development of modern education, practically and theoretically. The diversity of cultures and religion as well as the multilinguistic and ethnic context have made Asian modernization unique and complex. Educational modernization in Asia reflected this historical context in many ways and resulted in the diverse forms of learning, teaching, institutions, and administration.

Modern Asian educators compiled in this handbook represent various fields of Asian society: not only educational but cultural and social fields like academia, politics, economics, religion, literature, theatre, fine arts, and civic genres including the media. Through this Handbook, readers may discover the individual modern educators, male and female, and their contributions to Asian educational modernization. All of them were committed to the cause of education for children, youth, adults and in particular women.

In addition, this volume has an extraordinarily rich subject index which can be an excellent guide and introduction to information touching divergent dynamics of educational developments in modern Asia.

This insightful volume is perfect for students and researchers working on history of education, comparative education and educational development, particularly for those interested in Asian contexts.

Shin'ichi Suzuki is Professor Emeritus of Waseda University, Japan.

Gary McCulloch is Professor and Head of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Institute of Education, University of London, England.

Gu Mingyuan is Honorary President of the Chinese Society of Education at the International and Comparative Education Research Institute and Professor at Beijing Normal University, China.

Parimala V. Rao is Assistant Professor of History in Education at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. She is also Junior Fellow of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.

Ji-Yeon Hong is Vice-President and Professor of Education, Kyungmin College University, Korea.