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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791097703321

Autore

Kumar A

Titolo

Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry [[electronic resource] /] / by A. Kumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-45770-1

1-137-31581-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Curriculum Studies Worldwide

Disciplina

375.001

Soggetti

Educational psychology

Education—Psychology

Education—Philosophy

Curriculums (Courses of study)

Education—Curricula

Philosophy and social sciences

Assessment

Educational Psychology

Educational Philosophy

Curriculum Studies

Philosophy of Education

Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""A Note to the Readers                            ""; ""Foreword               ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""Series Editorâ€?s Introduction                                   ""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""1. Krishnamurti, Macdonald, and Myself                                             ""; ""2. On the Nature of Consciousness                                        ""; ""3. On the Nature of Education                                    ""

""4. On the Nature of Meditative Inquiry                                             """"5. On the Nature of Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry                                                           ""; ""Conclusion                 ""; ""Afterword                ""; ""Notes            "";



""References                 ""; ""Index            ""

Sommario/riassunto

2013 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Review Kumar asks in this volume: Since characteristic features of human consciousness - fear, conditioning, and fragmentation - work against the educational experience, how can we re-imagine curriculum as a space for meditative inquiry and allow it to provide transformative educational experiences to teachers and their students?