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|g CHAPTER 1:
|g CONTEXTUALIZING LEARNING AND TEACHING OF THE SCIENCES IN ISLAMICATE SOCIETIES --
|g 1.1.
|t The Beginnings --
|g 1.2.
|t The Early Abbasid Period --
|g 1.3.
|t A Period of Consolidation, Synthesis, and Contests --
|g 1.4.
|t Breakdown, Reorientation, and Reconfirmation in the Wake of the Mongol Conquest --
|g 1.5.
|t Change as the Norm? A Further Wave of New Empires and Dynasties --
|g 1.6.
|t Consolidation, Climax, and New Challenges --
|g 1.7.
|t Comparisons --
|g 1.8.
|t Postface --
|g CHAPTER 2:
|g TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT COURTS AND IN PRIVATE HOMES (EIGHT-TWELFTH CENTURIES) --
|g 2.1.
|t Limited Resources --
|g 2.2.
|t Stories about the Transfer of Philosophy and Medicine from Alexandria to Baghdad --
|g 2.3.
|t Teaching the Mathematical Sciences --
|g 2.4.
|t Teachers and Students --
|g 2.5.
|t Postface --
|g CHAPTER 3:
|g SCHOOLS OF ADVANCED EDUCATION --
|g 3.1.
|t The Legal Status and Formalities of Advanced Education --
|g 3.2.
|t Teaching Non-Religious Disciplines at Religious Institutions --
|g 3.3.
|t Processes of Professionalization and Specialization, --
|g 3.4.
|t Secretaries, Animals, and Foreigners --
|g CHAPTER 4:
|g THE SCIENCES AT MADRASAS --
|g 4.1.
|t Mathematical Disciplines --
|g 4.2.
|t Medicine and Pharmacology --
|g 4.3.
|t Natural Philosophy --
|g 4.4.
|t Divination, Magic, Alchemy --
|g 4.5.
|t Postface --
|g CHAPTER 5:
|g OTHER TEACHING INSTITUTIONS --
|g 5.1.
|t Learning and Teaching at Hospitals --
|g 5.2.
|t Family Education --
|g 5.3.
|t Travel for the Sake of Knowledge --
|g 5.4.
|t Postface --
|g CHAPTER 6:
|g TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS --
|g 6.1.
|t Meetings, Teachers, and Goals --
|g 6.2.
|t Reflections on Creativity and Professional Control --
|g 6.3.
|t Reading, Writing, Speaking, Seeing --
|g 6.4.
|t Tradition, Ingenuity, and Discursive Method --
|g 6.5.
|t "The Etiquette of Scholarly Disputation" --
|g 6.6.
|t Commentaries and Super-Commentaries --
|g 6.7.
|t Postface --
|g CHAPTER 7:
|g ENCYCLOPAEDIAS AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE SCIENCE --
|g 7.1.
|t Philosophical Perspectives and Works --
|g 7.2.
|t Administrators and Their Encyclopaedias and Knowledge Systems --
|g 7.3.
|t Madrasa Teachers as Writers of Summas and Divisions --
|g 7.4.
|t Postface --
|g CHAPTER 8:
|g TEACHING LITERATURE AND ITS TEMPORAL GEOGRAPHIES --
|t 8.1.
|t Euclid's Elements and the Middle Books --
|g 8.2.
|t Other School Texts for Geometry --
|g 8.3.
|t Arithmetic, Algebra, and Number Theory --
|g 8.4.
|t Astronomy and Astrology --
|g 8.5.
|t Medicine--
|g 8.6.
|t Logic and Natural Philosophy --
|g 8.7.
|t Postface.
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|g CHAPTER 1:
|g CONTEXTUALIZING LEARNING AND TEACHING OF THE SCIENCES IN ISLAMICATE SOCIETIES, p. 17 --
|g 1.1.
|t The Beginnings, p. 18 --
|g 1.2.
|t The Early Abbasid Period, p. 19 --
|g 1.3.
|t A Period of Consolidation, Synthesis, and Contests, p. 21 --
|g 1.4.
|t Breakdown, Reorientation, and Reconfirmation in the Wake of the Mongol Conquest, p. 24 --
|g 1.5.
|t Change as the Norm? A Further Wave of New Empires and Dynasties, p. 26 --
|g 1.6.
|t Consolidation, Climax, and New Challenges, p. 27 --
|g 1.7.
|t Comparisons, p. 30 --
|g 1.8.
|t Postface, p. 31 --
|g CHAPTER 2:
|g TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT COURTS AND IN PRIVATE HOMES (EIGHT-TWELFTH CENTURIES), p. 33 --
|g 2.1.
|t Limited Resources, p. 35 --
|g 2.2.
|t Stories about the Transfer of Philosophy and Medicine from Alexandria to Baghdad, p. 37 --
|g 2.3.
|t Teaching the Mathematical Sciences, p. 38 --
|g 2.4.
|t Teachers and Students, p. 42 --
|g 2.5.
|t Postface, p. 65 --
|g CHAPTER 3:
|g SCHOOLS OF ADVANCED EDUCATION, p. 67 --
|g 3.1.
|t The Legal Status and Formalities of Advanced Education, p. 68 --
|g 3.2.
|t Teaching Non-Religious Disciplines at Religious Institutions, p. 70 -- 3.3.
|t Processes of Professionalization and Specialization, p. 71 --
|g 3.4.
|t Secretaries, Animals, and Foreigners, p. 75 --
|g CHAPTER 4:
|g THE SCIENCES AT MADRASAS, p. 77 --
|g 4.1.
|t Mathematical Disciplines, p. 77 --
|g 4.2.
|t Medicine and Pharmacology, p. 91 --
|g 4.3.
|t Natural Philosophy, p. 98 --
|g 4.4.
|t Divination, Magic, Alchemy, p. 107 --
|g 4.5.
|t Postface, p. 111 --
|g CHAPTER 5:
|g OTHER TEACHING INSTITUTIONS, p. 113 --
|g 5.1.
|t Learning and Teaching at Hospitals, p. 115 --
|g 5.2.
|t Family Education, p. 131 --
|g 5.3.
|t Travel for the Sake of Knowledge, p. 135 --
|g 5.4.
|t Postface, p. 144 --
|g CHAPTER 6:
|g TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS, p. 147 --
|g 6.1.
|t Meetings, Teachers, and Goals, p. 149 --
|g 6.2.
|t Reflections on Creativity and Professional Control, p. 155 --
|g 6.3.
|t Reading, Writing, Speaking, Seeing, p. 161 --
|g 6.4.
|t Tradition, Ingenuity, and Discursive Method, p. 168 --
|g 6.5.
|t "The Etiquette of Scholarly Disputation", p. 177 --
|g 6.6.
|t Commentaries and Super-Commentaries, p. 181 --
|g 6.7.
|t Postface, p.185 --
|g CHAPTER 7:
|g ENCYCLOPAEDIAS AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE SCIENCE, p.187 --
|g 7.1.
|t Philosophical Perspectives and Works, p. 194 --
|g 7.2.
|t Administrators and Their Encyclopaedias and Knowledge Systems, p. 204 --
|g 7.3.
|t Madrasa Teachers as Writers of Summas and Divisions, p. 211 --
|g 7.4.
|t Postface, p. 221 --
|g CHAPTER 8:
|g TEACHING LITERATURE AND ITS TEMPORAL GEOGRAPHIES, p. 223 --
|t 8.1.
|t Euclid's Elements and the Middle Books, p. 227 --
|g 8.2.
|t Other School Texts for Geometry, p. 237 --
|g 8.3.
|t Arithmetic, Algebra, and Number Theory, p. 239 --
|g 8.4.
|t Astronomy and Astrology, p. 243 --
|g 8.5.
|t Medicine, p. 247 --
|g 8.6.
|t Logic and Natural Philosophy, p. 255 --
|g 8.7.
|t Postface, p. 262.
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