명상도서관

명상도서관

Mindfulness, therapy and vocational values: exploring the moral and aesthetic dimensions of vocational education and training 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Hyland, T.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
  • 출판년도2011
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Journal of Vocational Education and Training
  • 발행사항Vol.63No.2[2011]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1363-6820
  • 소개/요약The devaluation and debilitation of education in general and vocational education and training (VET) in particular has been explored and described in recent years by a wide range of critical commentators. Education stands in dire need of therapy, and this paper suggests a therapeutic process for rejuvenating and enhancing VET through attention to the moral and aesthetic values which, arguably, should underpin all genuinely vocational learning. These processes need to counter the claims made by Ecclestone and Hayes about the so‐called ‘therapeutic turn’ in education. It is suggested that such claims are exaggerated and mistakenly based on a one‐sided intellectualist conception of the educational task. On a more positive note, it is argued that the theory and practice of ‘mindfulness’ – present‐moment attention and awareness – can serve to foster moral, social and aesthetic values which can be utilised to enhance and enrich vocational studies at all levels of the system.