In Praise of Radiant Beings: A Retrospective Path Through Education, Buddhism and Ecology

This text is a collection of essays by noted curriculum scholar and philosopher of education, David W. Jardine. It ranges over twenty—five years of work with teachers and students in schools. The main purpose of these essays is to provide teachers with new ways of thinking about their circumstances that side step some of the panic and exhaustion that is all too typical of many school settings. Using ideas and images from Buddhism, ecological thinking, and hermeneutics, the author shows how ...