Students learning in communities : ideas and practices from the U.S.A., India, Russia, and China /
"This book examines the interplay between education and society in the 20th and early 21st centuries and addresses philosophical views and educational aims with their associated values for community-based learning in the U.S.A., India, Russia, and China. The philosophical background of communit...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2022]
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| Series: | Education, culture, and society ;
volume 4 |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3254524 |
| Summary: | "This book examines the interplay between education and society in the 20th and early 21st centuries and addresses philosophical views and educational aims with their associated values for community-based learning in the U.S.A., India, Russia, and China. The philosophical background of community-based learning in these countries relies both on national philosophical traditions and on reformist ideas in international schools of thought-over time opposition to certain international pedagogical ideas surfaced in these countries. The authors offer a comprehensive picture of community-based learning in education and demonstrate how teachers can make learning more functional and holistic so that students can work in new situations within their complex worlds. School-specific descriptions reveal how teachers and students implemented community-based projects at different times"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 318 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004517790 9004517790 9789004517776 9004517774 9789004517769 9004517766 |