Exploring spirituality and culture in adult and higher education /
Elizabeth J. Tisdell.
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2003.
- xix, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
- The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series .
- Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index.
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.
0787957232 (alk. paper)
2002152871
Collection "La vie spirituelle".
Teaching--Religious aspects. Spiritual life. Educational anthropology. Adult education--Philosophy. Education, Higher--Philosophy. Enseignement--Aspect religieux. Anthropologie et d��?�ucation. ???�ducation des adultes--Philosophie. Enseignement supr��?�ieur--Philosophie.