Mindful Education - Insights from Confucian and Christian Traditions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Encounters between East and West
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Charlene Tan
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	197
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-981-16-1404-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	981-16-1404-0
Barcode:	9789811614040

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