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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Wilma FraserPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2018 Weight: 4.249kg ISBN: 9781137562944ISBN 10: 1137562943 Pages: 223 Publication Date: 08 November 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. From Adult Education to Learning and Skills.- Chapter 3. Searching for Sophia: Wisdom as Paradox.- Chapter 4. Epiphanies, Ontologies and Epistemologies.- Chapter 5. In Search of the ‘Genea-Mythic’.- Chapter 6. From 'Mythos' to 'Logos'.- Chapter 7. The Stories that We Tell and Those that Tell Us.- Chapter 8. Towards a Wise Curriculum.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.ReviewsThis really is the call of wise adult educators-to unflinchingly and critically examine the rising populism in the world and its deeply disturbing impact on all aspects of our lives and to also illuminate 'ways to revivify adult teaching and learning processes which encourage communal, as well as individual rejoinders to the problems that we face' ... . (Elizabeth Tingle and Janet Groen, Adult Education Quarterly, November 19, 2019) This book, however, provides more than an account of wisdom, it is the practice of wisdom in the writing. Indeed, Fraser has succeeded in creating an artefact through which the reader can explore their own 'unknowing', that is, the relation between something that might be 'out there' and their own understanding. (James Reid, Studies in the Education of Adults, July, 2018) This book, however, provides more than an account of wisdom, it is the practice of wisdom in the writing. Indeed, Fraser has succeeded in creating an artefact through which the reader can explore their own `unknowing', that is, the relation between something that might be `out there' and their own understanding. (James Reid, Studies in the Education of Adults, July, 2018) Author InformationWilma Fraser is an independent researcher and doctoral supervisor at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, where she was previously Faculty Director of Community Arts and Education. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |