4 papers in the library · publishing 2010-2023
Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education May 1, 2023 Avraham Cohen, Thomas Falkenberg
In this interview (conducted by Heesoon Bai), Avraham Cohen and Thomas Falkenberg speak about the origin and practice of their respective inner work and about the need for and ways of bringing more inner work into the world.
Cultural Studies of Science Education April 20, 2021 Heesoon Bai, Scott Bowering, Jesse Haber et al.
The planet Earth has become increasingly susceptible to human-induced (anthropogenic) ecological disasters. The currently raging COVID-19 pandemic adds to the vast scale of destruction and suffering that humanity and the planet are experiencing. In this paper we explicate the meaning of 'human-induced' destruction in the terms of the damaging and hurting metaphysics (beyond the physical or...
Frontiers in Education March 23, 2021 Heesoon Bai, Kevin Berry, Jesse Haber et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed torrents of global suffering at a devastating scale, necessitating a strong response to alleviating suffering. This paper begins with noting that the conventional approach to suffering in North America is to be positive and not to be negative. The paper summarily explores the philosophy of positive psychology underlying the first- and the second-wave of...
Transformative Dialogues Teaching and Learning Journal March 1, 2010 Sean S. Park, Avraham Cohen
Drawing from practices of mindfulness, martial arts, and psychotherapy, we present a dialogue and inquiry into how educators can attend to experience through inner work.It is our conviction that schools that undertake education as a participatory endeavour in both knowledge and knowing, having and being, will depend greatly on our capacity, as educators, to see and attend to the different, yet...