Teaching, Learning, and the Human Quest: Wisdom

Autor/in	Jarvis, Peter
Titel	Teaching, Learning, and the Human Quest: Wisdom
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2011) 131, S.85-93 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
DOI	10.1002/ace.424
Schlagwörter	Knowledge Level; Philosophy; Adult Education; Biblical Literature; Age; Experiential Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; Philosophie; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Bibel; Alter; Lebensalter; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen
Abstract	Wisdom is a complex phenomenon: it finds its home primarily but not exclusively in theology, philosophy, psychology, education--that is, in the humanities--and in life itself. In a paradoxical manner, wisdom finds its home in the world of the unanswerable, where there are no empirical proofs and no obvious answers. Wisdom actually finds its place when people consider the mystery of their being and the inevitability of their becoming, when they think of the universe and life itself and realize that they will probably never know why either should be; but the fact that they have no answers does not mean that they can stop asking the questions, for this would deny the nature of their humanity. This article reflects on the human quest to understand both the "why" and the "how" of existence itself and suggests that while people can be taught about wisdom, they can only learn to be wise. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10