Re-Envisioning Higher Education: Embodied Pathways to Wisdom and Social Transformation (Hc) (Transforming Education for the Future) - Tapa dura

 
9781623963989: Re-Envisioning Higher Education: Embodied Pathways to Wisdom and Social Transformation (Hc) (Transforming Education for the Future)
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ISBN 10: 1623963982 ISBN 13: 9781623963989
Editorial: Information Age Publishing, 2013

Sinopsis

A volume in Transforming Education for the FutureSeries Editors Jing Lin, University of Marylandand Rebecca L. Oxford, Alabama A & M UniversityThis book will expand the horizon of higher education, helping students, faculty andadministrators to return to their roots and be in touch with their whole being. This book stressesthat learning is much more than just accumulating knowledge and skills. Learning includesknowing ourselves-mind, body, and spirit. The learning of compassion, care, and service are ascrucial or even more important in higher education in order for universities to address students’individual needs and the society’s needs. Higher education must contribute to a better world. The book acknowledges that knowing notonly comes from outside, but also comes from within. Wisdom is what guides students to be whole, true to themselves while learning.There are many ancient and modern approaches to gaining wisdom and wellness. This book talks about contemplative methods, such asmeditation, qigong, yoga, arts, and dance, that help people gain wisdom and balance in their lives and enhance their ability to bereflective and transformative educators and learners.

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Jing Lin, University of Maryland, USA

Rebecca L. Oxford, Alabama A&M University, USA

Edward J. Brantmeier, James Madison University, USA

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Editorial
Information Age Publishing
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1623963982
ISBN 13 
9781623963989
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
386
Editor
Brantmeier Edward J., Lin Jing, Oxford Rebecca L.
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