This book provides original ideas and practical recommendations for
educators in a post-pandemic world. We live in a world that has been
upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students around the globe have been
besieged by disruptions that threaten not only their academic learning
but also their mental, emotional, and interpersonal well-being. In the
midst of pressing and mounting challenges, how can schools ensure the
total wellness of all their students? Beyond reactive, piecemeal, and
short-term measures, how can schools enact mindful education that pays
attention to wholeness in every student? Extending the current
research on well-being and mindfulness, this book draws insights from
Confucian and Christian traditions. These two traditions have been
selected as they are widely seen to represent, and have impacted,
Eastern and Western civilisations respectively for millennia. Informed
and inspired by Confucian and Christian perspectives, this book
proposes that mindfulness is an orientation towards wholeness, where
one experiences he (harmony) and shalom (peace). Mindful education is
realised through: A school community of ren (humanity) and
agape (love); A transforming curriculum that centres on dao (way)
and imago dei (god’s image); Empathic teachers who are motivated
by shu (putting oneself in the other’s place) and the Golden Rule
(do to others as you would have them do to you); and Self-directed
learners who develop themselves through xiuji (self-cultivation) and
spiritual disciplines. Applying ancient wisdom to contemporary
settings, this book on promoting student well-being through mindful
education is a useful resource for policymakers, educators,
researchers, and general readers.
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Insights from Confucian and Christian Traditions
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789811614057
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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