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NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNING AND KNOWING
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SHARAN B. MERRIAM AND ASSOCIATES (2007)
NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNING AND KNOWING.
MALABAR, FL: KRIEGER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
University campuses continue to explore the interplay between global and local communities, reaching out beyond national borders while also better understanding the diversity within them. Recently the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, launched its own"Ready for the World" campaign and held a public conversation on Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat. In this climate of increased interest in the world around us, a book on multiple ways of knowing is a welcome ...
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