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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813515303321

Autore

Kumar Ashwani

Titolo

Curriculum as meditative inquiry / / Ashwani Kumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

ISBN

1-349-45770-1

1-137-31581-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Curriculum studies worldwide series

Disciplina

375/.001

Soggetti

Education - Curricula - Philosophy

Curriculum planning

Curriculum 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 Editorà‚€?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?