The Origins of Higher Learning: Knowledge networks and the early development of universities

Author:   Roy Lowe (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) ,  Yoshihito Yasuhara (Professor and Director of the Hiroshima Study Centre, Open University of Japan and Emeritus professor, the University of Hiroshima.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138844827


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   12 October 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Roy Lowe (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) ,  Yoshihito Yasuhara (Professor and Director of the Hiroshima Study Centre, Open University of Japan and Emeritus professor, the University of Hiroshima.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781138844827


ISBN 10:   1138844829
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   12 October 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. From the Tigris to the Tiber: early knowledge networks 2. From the Indus to the Ganges: the spread of higher learning in ancient India 3. Along the Yellow River: the origins of higher learning in ancient China 4. Higher learning in ancient Korea, Vietnam and Japan 5. The coming of Islam 6. The golden age of Islam 7. The westward spread of Islam 8. Europe: a medieval backwater? 9. Conclusion: knowledge networks and the origins of higher learning

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Roy Lowe was Head of the Department of Education at the University of Wales, Swansea. In 2002 he was awarded an OBE for ‘outstanding management’. He was for several years President of the UK History of Education Society and has published extensively on the history of schools and universities. Yoshihito Yasuhara is Professor and Director of the Hiroshima Study Centre, Open University of Japan and Emeritus Professor, the University of Hiroshima. He has published extensively in both Japanese and English on the reform of Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.

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