Cross-Cultural Studies in Curriculum: Eastern Thought, Educational Insights (Studies in Curriculum Theory Series)

This Volume Broadens The Horizon Of Educational Research In North America By Introducing A Comprehensive Dialogue Between Eastern And Western Philosophies And Perspectives On The Subject Of Curriculum Theory And Practice. It Is A Very Timely Work In Light Of The Progressively Globalized Nature Of Education And Educational Studies And The Increasingly Widespread Attunement To Eastern Educational Theories In The West. By Introducing Eastern Perspectives, This Book Questions Taken-for-granted Thinking In Western Educational Thought About The Foundations Of Teaching And Learning, Curriculum Theory, Educational Policy, And Educational Issues Such As Teaching For Social Justice, Service-learning Initiatives, Human Rights And Environmental Education, And The Teaching Of Content Area Subjects. It Provides An Important Opportunity For Scholars From Different Countries And Different Disciplines To Establish A Solid Yet Accessible Foundation Of East-west Inquiry That Furthers The Scope And Depth Of Curriculum Studies And To Disseminate The Insights From This Book In The Venues In Which They Work. Researchers, Faculty, And Graduate Students In The Fields Of Curriculum Theory, Curriculum And Instruction, Educational Foundations, Philosophy Of Education, International/comparative Education, And Multicultural Educational Studies Will Welcome This Book. It Is Appropriate As A Text For Upper-level Courses In These Areas. Foreword: The Sickness Of The West -- Preface: Openings Into A Curriculum Of The Way -- 1. The Farthest West Is But The Farthest East: The Long Way Of Oriental/occidental Engagement / David Geoffrey Smith -- 2. Breathing Qi (ch'i), Following Dao (tao): Transforming This Violence-ridden World / Heesoon Bai And Avraham Cohen -- 3. Fear, (educational) Fictions Of Character, And Buddhist Insights For An Arts-based Witnessing Curriculum / Claudia Eppert -- 4. Socially-engaged Buddhism As A Provocation For Critical Pedagogy In Unsettling Times / Robert Hattam -- 5. The Gaze Of The Teacher: Eye-to-eye With Lacan, Derrida, And The Zen Of Dogen And Nishitani / Jan Jagodzinski -- 6. Shanti, Peacefulness Of Mind / Takuya Kaneda -- 7. My Lived Stories Of Poetic Thinking And Taoist Knowing / Xin Li -- 8. Engendering Wisdom: Listening To Kuan Yin And Julian Of Norwich / Petra Munro Hendry -- 9. Eastern Wisdom And Holistic Education: Multidimensional Reality And The Way Of Awareness / Yoshiharu Nakagawa -- 10. Krishnamurti And Me: Meditations On His Philosophy Of Curriculum And On India / Jane Piirto -- 11. Radical Times: Perspectives On The Qualitalive Character Of Duration / Kaustuv Roy -- 12. Hearing, Contemplating, And Meditating: In Search Of The Transformative Integration Of Heart And Mind / Daniel Vokey -- 13. The Strength Of The Feminine, The Lyrics Of The Chinese Woman's Self, And The Power Of Education / Hongyu Wang -- 14. Toward A Confucian Vision Of Curriculum / Hua Zhang -- Afterword: Teaching Along The Way. Edited By Claudia Eppert, Hongyu Wang. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 7 Foreword: "The Sickness of the West" 9 Preface: Openings into a Curriculum of the Way 16 1 "The Farthest West Is But the Farthest East": The Long Way of Oriental/Occidental Engagement 22 2 Breathing Qi (Ch'i), Following Dao (Tao): Transforming This Violence-Ridden World 55 3 Fear, (Educational) Fictions of Character, and Buddhist Insights for an Arts-Based Witnessing Curriculum 75 4 Socially-Engaged Buddhism as a Provocation for Critical Pedagogy in Unsettling Times 129 5 The Gaze of the Teacher: Eye-to-Eye with Lacan, Derrida, and the Zen of Dōgen and Nishitani 157 6 Shanti, Peacefulness of Mind 190 7 My Lived Stories of Poetic Thinking and Taoist Knowing 212 8 Engendering Wisdom: Listening to Kuan Yin and Julian of Norwich 226 9 Eastern Wisdom and Holistic Education: Multidimensional Reality and the Way of Awareness 246 10 Krishnamurti and Me: Meditations on His Philosophy of Curriculum and on India 265 11 Radical Times: Perspectives on the Qualitative Character of Duration 285 12 Hearing, Contemplating, and Meditating: In Search of the Transformative Integration of Heart and Mind 304 13 The Strength of the Feminine, the Lyrics of the Chinese Woman's Self, and the Power of Education 330 14 Toward a Confucian Vision of Curriculum 351 Afterword: Teaching Along The Way 364 Contributors 367 Name Index 373 Subject Index 381 Eastern Thought, Educational Insights