In recent decades, education at all levels has been seriously
impoverished by a growing obsession with standards, targets, skills
and competences. According to this model, only a circumscribed
range of basic cognitive skills and competences are the business of
education, whose main role is to provide employability credentials
for people competing for jobs in the global economy. The result is
a one-dimensional, economistic and bleakly utilitarian conception
of the educational task.
In" Mindfulness and Learning: Celebrating the Affective Dimension
of Education," Terry Hyland advances the thesis that education
stands in need of a rejuvenation of its affective function - the
impact it has on the emotional, social, moral and personal
development of learners. Drawing on the Buddhist conception of
mindfulness, he advances a powerful argument for redressing this
imbalance by enhancing the affective domain of learning.
"Mindfulness and Learning: Celebrating the Affective" "Dimension of
Education" shows how the concept and practice of 'mindfulness' -
non-judgmental, present moment awareness and experience - can
enrich learning at all levels. Mindfulness thus contributes to the
enhanced achievement of general educational goals, and helps remedy
the gross deficiency of the affective/emotional aspects of
contemporary theory and practice.
The author outlines a mindfulness-based affective education (MBAE)
programme and shows how it might be introduced into educational
provision from the early years to adult education with a view to
harmonising the cognitive-affective balance across the system."
General
Imprint: |
Springer
|
Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
Lifelong Learning Book Series, 17 |
Release date: |
August 2011 |
First published: |
2011 |
Authors: |
Terry Hyland
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
238 |
Edition: |
2011 |
ISBN-13: |
978-9400719101 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Philosophy of education
|
LSN: |
9400719108 |
Barcode: |
9789400719101 |
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