Overview
Explores the philosophical commitments driving contemporary educational research
Addresses the tradition of phenomenological research in education and curriculum studies
Draws from the author's own experiences in education studies
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“Dewar’s meditation on education is water from a well in the desert that is education desiccated by technologies of learning that deform students and teachers into devices. From within one can walk one’s way out of the desert. Clearly, Dewar has.” (William F. Pinar, Professor and Canada Research Chair, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
“With an eloquence that is both poetic and critical, Matthew Dewar invites us to reflect pedagogically on the educational lives of our children who are threatened by the dehumanizing consequences of corporatism, consumerism, and instrumental rationalism. His book deserves to be read with sensitivity, openness, and attentive care to the ethical challenges of our times.” (Max van Manen, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Canada )
“Written with grace and wisdom, Dewar’s book raises fundamental questions about an educational system that too often values possessions over people, markets over meaning, things over thinking. Dewar encourages educators…to reimagine how we might be mindfully attuned to the well-being of our students as we help them to author lives rich in meaning and existential vitality.” (Patrick Roberts, Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University, USA)
“This book offers an insightful and original interpretation of the relationship between education and well-being. In an attempt to overcome the philosophical commitments guiding contemporary education…Dewar develops the metaphor of education as a process of uncovering water from a well. Through this metaphor, he illuminates and recovers a lost but vital ontological conception of education fundamentally concerned with students’ most meaningful possibilities for being.” (Sara Efrat Efron, Professor, National Louis University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Matthew D. Dewar earned his MEd in Curriculum and Instruction for Health and Wellness Education and a PhD in Curriculum Theory and Philosophy of Education from the National College of Education at National Louis University, USA. Dewar has been featured on TEDx and Wisconsin Public Radio. He currently teaches at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, IL, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Education and Well-Being
Book Subtitle: An Ontological Inquiry
Authors: Matthew D. Dewar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60276-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60275-6Published: 03 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60276-3Published: 02 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 116
Topics: Educational Philosophy