AuthorTisdell, Elizabeth J., 1955-
TitleExploring spirituality and culture in adult and higher education [electronic resource] / Elizabeth J. Tisdell
Imprint San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2003
Edition 1st ed
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Descript xix, 294 p

CONTENT

Introduction : culture, spirituality, and adult learning -- Breaking the silence : defining spirituality in a culturally relevant educational context -- Spirituality, religion, and culture in lived experience : overlaps and separations -- Between the cultural and the universal : themes and variations of spiritual experience -- The great spiral : spiritual development as a process of moving forward and spiraling back -- Gender, culture, and spiritual identity in midlife integration -- The role of spiritual experience in developing a positive cultural identity -- Searching for wholeness : crossing culture, white identity, and spiritual development -- Approaching transformative teaching grounded in spirituality and cultural relevance -- A theory-in-progress of a spiritually grounded, culturally relevant pedagogy : philosophical underpinnings and new directions -- Stories from the field : spirituality and culture in adult higher education classrooms -- The possibilities and challenges of spirituality-grounded, culturally relevant teaching -- Epilogue : final reflections


SUBJECT

  1. Teaching -- Religious aspects
  2. Spiritual life
  3. Educational anthropology
  4. Adult education -- Philosophy
  5. Education
  6. Higher -- Philosophy
  7. Electronic books.