Wisdom, Knowledge, and the Postcolonial University in Thailand

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ma Rhea, Zane (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Σειρά: Postcolonial Studies in Education
• Θέματα: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education > Philosophy.; Social sciences.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Higher Education.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Social Sciences, general.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XVII, 266 p. 10 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137376947

This book examines Thai knowledge and wisdom from the perspective of postmodern, postcolonial globalization. Ma Rhea explores the ways in which the Thai university system attempts to balance old knowledge traditions, Buddhist and rural, with new Thai and imported knowledge. It traces the development of Thai university partnerships with outsiders, focusing on the seventy year relationship between Thailand and Australia. In comparison, it analyses the old Thai Buddhist wisdom tradition and in the final chapters proposes its worthiness as a pedagogical pathway for universities globally.