Educational Policy and the Mission Schools

Educational Policy and the Mission Schools
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 371
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ISBN-10 : 9781134531394
ISBN-13 : 1134531397
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Book Synopsis Educational Policy and the Mission Schools by : Brian Holmes

Download or read book Educational Policy and the Mission Schools written by Brian Holmes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published 1967, this title reveals how the missionaries, so often misguided and short-sighted, were in fact pioneers of modernization, science and freedom. The structure of the book allows for comparative analysis and the volume illustrates how some of the social consequences of action through the schools could be foreseen. In addition light is thrown on the results of Imperial rule during the nineteenth century and on the nature of the impact of Western education in Asia and Africa.


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