The Buddha in the Classroom: Toward a Critical Spiritual Pedagogy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2007
Abstract
To teach with a moral lens, especially one centered in compassion and reinforced by an awareness of suffering, may require taking stands that challenge the dominant quantitative paradigm based on high-stakes testing and accountability. Yet what are the tools that would allow educators to renew their sense of compassion with themselves and their students? We draw on the diverse literatures of spirituality, social justice, and education. Following Thich Nhat Hanh and others, we find that Buddhist stories and parables are a useful tool in the contemporary United States for awakening or reinforcing compassion and mindfulness in teachers, students, and administrators so that they can address the joint challenges of "too much emptiness" and "too much fullness."
DOI
10.1177/1541344607306362
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Adarkar, Aditya and Keiser, David, "The Buddha in the Classroom: Toward a Critical Spiritual Pedagogy" (2007). Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works. 132.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/teaching-learning-facpubs/132