Comparative education : a study of educational factors and traditions / / Nicholas Hans

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465398603321
• Autore: Hans Nicholas A (Nicholas Adolf), <1888-1969., >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-59123-5; 9786613903686; 0-203-81649-8; 1-136-72255-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Collana: International library of sociology and social reconstruction
• Disciplina: 370.9
• Soggetti: Education - History; Education - Aims and objectives; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1958.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: COMPARATIVE EDUCATION: A Study of Educational Factors and Traditions; Copyright; COMPARATIVE EDUCATION: A Study of Educational Factors and Traditions; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER I: DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF COMPARATIVE EDUCATION; PART I: NATURAL FACTORS; CHAPTER II: THE RACIAL FACTOR; CHAPTER III: THE LINGUISTIC FACTOR; CHAPTER IV: GEOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS; PART II: RELIGIOUS FACTORS; CHAPTER V: RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF EUROPE; CHAPTER VI: THE CATHOLIC TRADITION; CHAPTER VII: THE ANGLICAN TRADITION; CHAPTER VIII: THE PURITAN TRADITION; PART III: SECULAR FACTORS; CHAPTER IX: HUMANISMCHAPTER X: SOCIALISM; CHAPTER XL:NATIONALISM; CHAPTER XII: DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION; PART IV: EDUCATION IN FOUR DEMOCRACIES; CHAPTER XIII: THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF ENGLAND; CHAPTER XV: THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF FRANCE; CHAPTER XVI: THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE U.S.S.R.; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is divided into four parts. In Part One the author considers the natural factors which have influenced the various national systems ; of education. They comprise racial, linguistic, geographical and economic factors. In Part Two he considers the contribution of religious traditions to education, more particularly those of the Catholic and Puritan faiths, and in Part Three the secular traditions of humanism, socialism and nationalism. Finally in Part Four a comparison is made of the systems of education in England and Wales, the USA, France and the Soviet Union.