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"Philosophy of Education"

2011 year, number 1

WESTERN AND EASTERN EDUCATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

M. S. Ashilova
Keywords: Eastern and Western education, rationality, intuition, mentality, traditionalism, globalization, technicalization, humanization, comparative philosophy
Pages: 175-183

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of Western and Eastern education, revealing what is general and special about them. A great attention is given to understanding these problems through a prism of historical and social-spiritual development. It is emphasized that Eastern education is characterized by rigid requirements to follow the traditional norms, customs and canons, whereas more liberal search of truth is inherent in the Western educational system. While Western education gravitated to the school form of training, subdivision of this school into classes and appointment of the teachers for each separate subject, the Eastern educational system preferred the individual dialogue system. The XXI-st century and the world globalization are setting before Western and Eastern education some common problems, namely, the necessity of training the professionally knowing person, the humane and harmoniously developed personality. This leads to the need for synthesis of these two education systems.