Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry

Ashwani Kumar is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Canada.

"A challenging book in at least three admirable ways ... At the heart of the works of both Krishnamurti and Macdonald, Kumar sees a way of thinking that is different to the thinking that characterizes much of contemporary educational discourse." - Teachers College Record "This book explores the roles of consciousness, education and meditative inquiry in creating a new type of learning environment where the individual's consciousness is privileged over the structure of institutions." - Education Review "In this exceptionally well-written and courageous book, Kumar makes the case for moving beyond the dominant yet simplistic view of curriculum as information transmission ... It is hard to imagine a more lucid treatment." - Choice "In an age of incessant demands for standards and assessment, Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry offers a hopeful vision for education that is transnational and transformational, imaginative and insightful, poetic and philosophical. Ashwani Kumar offers us a rare gift of dynamic wisdom that we urgently need in our contemporary and cosmopolitan world." - Carl Leggo, poet and Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada "In schools, as in most of contemporary North American society, 'slow' has become a four-letter word and space for deep thought almost non-existent. Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry challenges educators, administrators, and parents to re-imagine education as a process and system based on the cultivation of heightened awareness and deep inner thought. Our future might very well depend on attention to this book." - Ardra L. Cole, Associate Vice-President, Academic and Research, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada

• Foreword; Meenakshi Thapan Introduction 1. Krishnamurti, Macdonald, and Myself 2. On the Nature of Consciousness 3. On the Nature of Education 4. On the Nature of Meditative Inquiry 5. On the Nature of Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry Conclusion Afterword; Karen Meyer