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Book SynopsisThis book advocates a return to the spirit of the Greek notion of paideia, emphasizing a pedagogy of becoming. The authors offer a holistic approach to education that aspires toward the inclusion, promotion, and nurturance of virtue and valuation. Topics range from the purely conceptual to applied methodology. Several key issues and contemporary trends in education are addressed philosophically, including the values of wisdom, morality, compassion, empathy, interdependence, authenticity, and self-understanding.
Trade Review”the chapters achieve the stated goal of presenting teaching as a way to foster the holistic growth of students. The authors have credible backgrounds, largely in academic philosophy and psychology. Readers interested in educational philosophy, holistic education, or teaching in general will find this material thoughtful, readable, and in many cases classroom-tested. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above.” in: CHOICE - Current reviews for academic libraries, January 2003
Table of ContentsGeorge David MILLER: Editorial Foreword Acknowledgements Jon MILLS: Introduction: Paideia Reconsidered I. PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ONE David A. JOPLING: Can Wisdom Be Taught? TWO Janusz A. POLANOWSKI: In Search of Moral Teaching THREE Frank GRUBA-McCALLISTER: Education Through Compassion: Cultivating Our Mystical Vocation II. ENACTMENTS AND APPLIED METHODOLOGY FOUR George David MILLER: Abolishing Educational Welfare: Redrawing the Lines of Interdependency Through Dialogue FIVE Jon MILLS: An Unorthodox Pedagogy: Fostering Empathy Through Provocation SIX Guy ALLEN: The “Good Enough” Teacher and the Authentic Student SEVEN Jeffrey TLUMAK: Teaching Through Discussion EIGHT Marc LUBIN: The Classroom Experience as a Laboratory for Self-Understanding NINE John LACHS and Shirley M. LACHS: Education in the Twenty-First Century About the Contributors Index
