{"product_id":"exploring-spirituality-culture-in-adult-higher-education-9780787957230","title":"Exploring Spirituality  Culture in Adult  Higher Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Elizabeth Tisdell, co-author of \"Women as Learners\" (ISBN: 0787909203), this book considers the connection between spirituality and culture and how it relates to developing culturally relevant approaches to adult and higher education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This should prove to be a groundbreaking volume. Every adult educator will benefit from engaging in the conversation.\" (\u003ci\u003ePAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning\u003c\/i\u003e, Summer 2004)  \u003cp\u003e\"...this book makes an important contribution to a new and growing body of knowledge.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of College Student Development\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A Professor of Adult Education describes How Spirituality Can Be a Valuable Teaching Tool\" (By Dana Sobyra in \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The work is an easy read, not overly laden with references but enough to give it authority.\" (\u003ci\u003eTCRecord.org\u003c\/i\u003e, 10\/8\/03)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Breaking the Silence: Spirituality and Culture in Adult Meaning-Making and Education \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Culture, Spirituality, and Adult Learning 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Breaking the Silence: Defining Spirituality in a Culturally Relevant Educational Context 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Spirituality, Religion, and Culture in Lived Experience: Overlaps and Separations 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Between the Cultural and the Universal: Themes and Variations of Spiritual Experience 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Claiming a Sacred Face: Identity and Spiritual Development \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Great Spiral: Spiritual Development as a Process of Moving Forward and Spiraling Back 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Gender, Culture, and Spiritual Identity in Midlife Integration 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Role of Spiritual Experience in Developing a Positive Cultural Identity 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Searching for Wholeness: Crossing Culture, White Identity, and Spiritual Development 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Spirituality in a Culturally Relevant and Transformative Teaching Practice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Approaching Transformative Teaching Grounded in Spirituality and Cultural Relevance 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. A Theory-in-Progress of a Spiritually Grounded, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Philosophical Underpinnings and New Directions 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Stories from the Field: Spirituality and Culture in Adult Higher Education Classrooms 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Possibilities and Challenges of Spiritually Grounded, Culturally Relevant Teaching 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Final Reflections 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Research Methodology 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 285\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862959325527,"sku":"9780787957230","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787957230.jpg?v=1759919202","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exploring-spirituality-culture-in-adult-higher-education-9780787957230","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}