Wisdom, Knowledge, and the Postcolonial University in Thailand

This book examines Thai knowledge and wisdom from the perspective of postmodern, postcolonial globalization. Ma Rhea explores the ways in which the Thai university system attempts to balance old knowledge traditions, Buddhist and rural, with new Thai and imported knowledge. It traces the development of Thai university partnerships with outsiders, focusing on the seventy year relationship between Thailand and Australia. In comparison, it analyses the old Thai Buddhist wisdom tradition and in the final chapters proposes its worthiness as a pedagogical pathway for universities globally. 

List of contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Balancing New and Old PART II: INVESTIGATING WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE UNIVERSITY 2. Wisdom and Knowledge 3. The University PART III: KNOWLEDGE, "OUTSIDERS," AND THE MARKET 4. Old and New Exchange: Transitioning to a Modernity and Beyond 5. The Impact of Global Education Services Markets 6. The Influence of "Outsider" Knowledge on Thai Knowledge 7. Balancing Knowledge, Holding Wisdom PART IV: CONCLUSION 8. The Art of Adaptive Balancing.  

About the author

Zane Ma Rhea is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. She specializes in indigenous and Buddhist education and her research spans holistic education, wisdom studies in higher education, leadership development, and teacher professional development. 

Summary

This book examines Thai knowledge and wisdom from the perspective of postmodern, postcolonial globalization. Ma Rhea explores the ways in which the Thai university system attempts to balance old knowledge traditions, Buddhist and rural, with new Thai and imported knowledge. It traces the development of Thai university partnerships with outsiders, focusing on the seventy year relationship between Thailand and Australia. In comparison, it analyses the old Thai Buddhist wisdom tradition and in the final chapters proposes its worthiness as a pedagogical pathway for universities globally. 

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Product details

• Authors: Zane Ma Rhea, Ma Rhea Zane
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2016
• EAN: 9781137382924
• ISBN: 978-1-137-38292-4
• No. of pages: 259
• Series: Springer Palgrave Macmillan; Postcolonial Studies in Education; Postcolonial Studies in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); B, Sociology of Education, Education, Sociology, Society & social sciences, biotechnology, Social Sciences, philosophy of education, Social Sciences, general, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Organization and Leadership, higher education, Philosophy & theory of education, Social research & statistics, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Educational Philosophy, Education—Philosophy, Educational sociology, School management and organization, Educational administration & organization, School administration, Philosophy and social sciences