TY - BOOK AU - Merriam,Sharan B. TI - Non-western perspectives on learning and knowing SN - 978-1575242804 PY - 2007/// CY - Malabar, Florida PB - Krieger Publishing Company KW - Erwachsenenbildung KW - Nichtwestliche Welt KW - Lernen KW - Wissen KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Aufsatzsammlung N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - An introduction to non-Western perspectives on learning and knowing / Sharan B. Merriam -- Islam's lifelong learning mandate / Mazalan Kamis and Mazanah Muhammad -- American Indian indigenous pedagogy / Paula Gunn Allen -- Hinduism and learning / Swathi Nath Thaker -- Maori concepts of learning and knowledge / Brian Findsen and Lavinia Tamarua -- Buddhist learning: a process to be enlightened / Jienshen Shih -- African indigenous knowledge: the case of Botswana / Gabo Ntseane -- Liberation theology and leaning in Latin America / Simone Conceição and Augusto Marcos Fagundes Oliveira -- Adult learning from a Confucian way of thinking / Youngwha Kee -- Broadening our understanding of learning and knowing / Sharan B. Merriam ER -