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Nathaniel Woodward – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
The composer, author, and teacher, John Cage, was exercised by our 'inability' to truly listen when approaching sound. In exploring the influences on Cage's avant-garde style, specifically the spiritual discipline found in both Zen Buddhism and Chance operations, this paper attempts to distinguish his philosophy (and use) of "silence"…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Educational Philosophy, Buddhism, Educational Theories
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Webster, R. Scott – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
The dominance of capitalism, through the hegemony of neoliberal ideology, is maintained as an illusion through the use of four main strategies. In order to obtain the consent of the population, mass schooling tends to produce graduates who accept this illusion because they are vulnerable to these strategies and cannot imagine a post-capitalist…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Social Systems, Sustainable Development, Neoliberalism
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Wang, Chia-Ling – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
Life is ever-changing and unpredictable. Because of drastic changes in our society, numerous people are under pressure from various sources at school, in the workplace, or in their families. People need a therapeutic pedagogy to develop the capacity to heal from their traumas. Conventionally, education is assumed to enhance learners'…
Descriptors: Trauma, Self Actualization, Teaching Methods, Spiritual Development
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Rumianowska, Agnieszka – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
The purpose of the article is to contribute to the discussion about the relevance of existential issues in contemporary education. Analysis presented in the paper is related to the problems of self-awareness, becoming oneself and self-development. First, the author begins by depicting the meaning of human existence in the light of philosophy. The…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods, Metacognition, Individual Development
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Moon, Seungho – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2017
This inquiry aims to advance curricular discourses on equity and social transformation by reviewing Korea's indigenous philosophy and religion, Donghak [(foreign characters omitted) Eastern Learning]. I explicate the ways in which the democratic ideals of equity and justice were implemented in nineteenth- and twentieth-Korean society, founded upon…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Educational Philosophy, Ethics, Justice