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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Terry HylandPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: 2011 Volume: 17 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.559kg ISBN: 9789400719101ISBN 10: 9400719108 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 21 August 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsList of Acronyms.- About the Author.- Editorial by Series Editors.- Preface.- 1. The Therapeutic Turn in Education.- 2. Education and Therapy.- 3. The Nature of Mindfulness.- 4. The Practice of Mindfulness.- 5. Applications of Mindfulness.- 6. The Education of the Emotions.- 7. The Affective Domain of Education.- 8. Learning, Teaching and Curriculum.- 9. From School to Lifelong Learning.- 10. Vocational Education and Training.- 11. Professionalism, Research and Teaching.- 12. Mindfulness, Morals and the Aims of Education.- General References.- Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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