Teaching for Wisdom Cross-cultural Perspectives on Fostering Wisdom /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ferrari, Michel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Potworowski, Georges (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Philosophy of mind.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Educational psychology.; Sociology of Education.; Philosophy of Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Pedagogic Psychology.; Philosophy of Mind.

Wisdom is valued as an ideal aim of personal development around the world. But we rarely see how wisdom is understood in different religious and philosophical traditions and different scientific disciplines, and more particularly how wisdom is taught. The emphasis of the book is on whether wisdom ca...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Fostering Wisdom as Expertise
• Fostering Wisdom: A Psychological Perspective
• Teaching for Wisdom Through History: Infusing Wise Thinking Skills in the School Curriculum
• The Cultivation of Character Strengths
• Wisdom in Elementary School
• Master Zhu’s Wisdom
• Teaching for Wisdom as Personal Transformation
• Wisdom and Learning to Be Wise in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism
• Beginner’s Mind: Paths to the Wisdom that is Not Learned
• Ascending to Wisdom: A Christian Pedagogy
• Learning from Wise People
• The Wisdom of Plato’s Phaedo
• Can Wisdom Be Taught? Kant, Sage Philosophy, and Ethnographic Reflections from the Swahili Coast
• Conclusion
• Developing Expert and Transformative Wisdom: Can Either Be Taught in Public Schools?
• Sophia’s World: Episodes from the History of Wisdom.