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Teaching for Wisdom Cross-cultural Perspectives on Fostering Wisdom /

Wisdom is valued as an ideal aim of personal development around the world. But we rarely see how wisdom is understood in different religious and philosophical traditions and different scientific disciplines, and more particularly how wisdom is taught. The emphasis of the book is on whether wisdom ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ferrari, Michel (Editor ), Potworowski, Georges (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fostering Wisdom as Expertise
  • Fostering Wisdom: A Psychological Perspective
  • Teaching for Wisdom Through History: Infusing Wise Thinking Skills in the School Curriculum
  • The Cultivation of Character Strengths
  • Wisdom in Elementary School
  • Master Zhu's Wisdom
  • Teaching for Wisdom as Personal Transformation
  • Wisdom and Learning to Be Wise in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism
  • Beginner's Mind: Paths to the Wisdom that is Not Learned
  • Ascending to Wisdom: A Christian Pedagogy
  • Learning from Wise People
  • The Wisdom of Plato's Phaedo
  • Can Wisdom Be Taught? Kant, Sage Philosophy, and Ethnographic Reflections from the Swahili Coast
  • Conclusion
  • Developing Expert and Transformative Wisdom: Can Either Be Taught in Public Schools?
  • Sophia's World: Episodes from the History of Wisdom.