Exploring spirituality and culture in adult and higher education /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tisdell, Elizabeth J., 1955-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2003]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.