Name/Title
Exploring spirituality and culture in adult and higher education /Elizabeth J. Tisdell.Description
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.
xix, 294 p. ;24 cm.Book Details
Author
Tisdell, Elizabeth J.Date Published
circa 2003Publication Subjects
Teaching--Religious aspects.
Spiritual life.
Educational anthropology.
Adult education--Philosophy.
Education, Higher--Philosophy.Call No.
LB1027.2 .T57 2005ISBN
0787957232 (alk. paper)LCCN
2002152871Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index.