| "This book represents a continuing exploration of the spirit of humanity. An imaginative educational framework grounded in a morally sound vision is presented that is supported by careful reasoning, solid scientific evidence, and poetic insight. The metaphor of Joy enables the author to integrate themes of the preciousness and profound meaning of life with the availability of processes that facilitate the quest for personal meaning, social justice, and spiritual fulfillment. It is offered as a possibility to give students and teachers a moral, ethical and spiritual context within which to generate complex and multiple interpretations of experience. Educationally, Joy encourages learners and teachers to find many interpretations/explanations of phenomena and to be dissatisfied with one singular short answer. Thus, the importance of Joy to education is exemplified in the shift in educational emphasis from fact finding to interpreting of phenomena and meaning-making within moral and spiritual contexts. Year: 2001 Pages: 224" |
