TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kimonen,Eija
TI  - Education and Society in Comparative Context: The Essence of Outdoor-Oriented Education in the USA and India 
SN  - 9789463003735
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Rotterdam
PB  - SensePublishers, Imprint: SensePublishers
KW  - Education
N1  - Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 A Context for Comparative Educational and Social Issues -- Introduction -- The Purpose and Aims of the Study -- The Theoretical Foundations of the Study -- Education and Society -- Outdoor-Oriented Education -- Bases -- Concepts -- Historico-Hermeneutical Comparative Education -- Comparative Education -- The Historico-Hermeneutical Approach -- The Research Problems -- The Research Procedure -- Part 2 Education and Society in Two Socially Different Countries: The United States and India in the Twentieth Century -- The United States of America -- American National Identity -- American National Educational Policy -- Developmental Trends -- Current Educational System -- American Outdoor-Oriented Education -- Philosophical Background -- Developmental Patterns -- Pedagogical Characteristics -- Aims -- Procedures -- American Education and Society: Basic Features of Their Interrelationship -- The Republic of India -- Indian National Identity -- Indian National Educational Policy -- Developmental Trends -- Current Educational System -- Indian Outdoor-Oriented Education -- Philosophical Background -- Developmental Patterns -- Pedagogical Characteristics -- Aims -- Procedures -- Indian Education and Society: Basic Features of Their Interrelationship -- Part 3 Comparative Refl ections and Conclusions -- Education and Society in the United States and India -- Basic Characteristics of National Identities -- Developmental Trends of National Educational Policies -- During the Periods of Early Industrialization and Social Traditionalization -- During the Periods of Late Industrialization and Social Modernization -- The Basic Features and Implications of Educational Reforms within Their Changing Social Context -- Outdoor-Oriented Education in the United States and India -- Philosophical Background of Outdoor-Oriented Education -- During the Periods of Early Industrialization and Social Traditionalization -- During the Periods of Late Industrialization and Social Modernization -- The Central Underlying Philosophical Views within Their Changing Social Context -- Developmental Patterns of Outdoor-Oriented Education -- Aims of Outdoor-Oriented Education -- Society-Centered and School-Centered Patterns within Their Respective Social Trends -- During the Periods of Early and Late Industrialization, and during Those of Social Traditionalization and Modernization -- The Central Aims within Their Changing Social Context -- Procedures of Outdoor-Oriented Education -- Society-Centered and School-Centered Patterns within Their Respective Social Trends -- During the Periods of Early and Late Industrialization, and during Those of Social Traditionalization and Modernization -- The Central Procedures within Their Changing Social Context -- The Interrelationship between Education and Society in the United States and India -- Educational Policies -- Philosophical Views -- Educational Aims -- Socialization Processes -- Environments.-Constituents -- On the Research Process -- Afterword -- References -- Index.
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-373-5
ER  -