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Education Around the World

Subject Outline

ASystems of education
- 1The formation of educational policy
- 2Administrative functions and procedures
- 3Types of educational systems and their characteristics
  - aCentralized systems: systems in which control is exercised through a national administrative agency
  - bDecentralized systems: systems in which control is exercised at the regional or local level
  - cJoint national and local systems
  - dSystems controlled by political parties
  - eSectarian systems: national and regional sectarian systems, sectarian education as an alternative system to public education
BHistory of education: philosophies, practices, and institutions
- 1Education in ancient cultures
  - aAncient Indian education
  - bAncient Chinese education
  - cAncient Hebrew education
  - dAncient Greek education
  - eAncient Roman education
- 2Education in the Persian, Byzantine, early Russian, and Islamic civilizations
  - aAncient Persian education: influences of Zoroastrian and Sasanid cultures
  - bByzantine education: influences of Greek Christian and humanistic culture; development of primary, secondary, and higher educational institutions
  - cKiev and Muscovy: Russian education to the period of the early Romanovs
  - dIslamic education
- 3Education in the European Middle Ages
  - aChristian education to the 8th century: early schools; development of monastic schools in England, Ireland, Italy, and Spain
  - bThe cultural revival under Charlemagne and his successors
  - cThe 12th-century renaissance: reform of monastic schools and the rise of secular urban schools, development of universities and grammar schools, courtly education
- 4Education in Asian civilizations from c. 700 to the eve of Western influence
  - aIndian education from c. 700 to 1707
  - bChinese education from 618 to 1911
  - cJapanese education from ancient times to 1867
- 5European education during the Renaissance and Reformation
  - aDevelopment of Renaissance education: Arabic and secular influences on humanism
  - bThe humanistic tradition in Italy
  - cThe humanistic tradition in northern and western Europe
  - dEducation during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation
- 6European education in the 17th and 18th centuries
  - aThe social and historical setting
  - bEducational theories and practices
  - cEuropean influences in New World educational development
- 7Western education in the 19th century
  - aThe social and historical setting: nationalism, industrialism, urbanization, political revolution and reform
  - bThe early reform movements: the new pedagogy and psychology
  - cDevelopment of national systems of education
  - dSpread of Western educational practices to Asian countries
- 8Education in the 20th century
  - aPolitical, social, economic, and intellectual trends
  - bTraditional and experimental educational movements in the West
  - cThe modernization of education in Asia and Africa
  - dEducation in colonies and newly emerging nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America