Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

About this book

Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education is written from the unique perspective of teacher researcher and author Elizabeth Tisdell who has extensive experience dealing with culture gender and educational equity issues in secular adult and higher education classrooms and formerly in pastoral and religious education settings on college campuses. This important book discusses how spiritual development is informed by culture and how this knowledge is relevant to teaching and learning. For educators an understanding of how spirituality is informed by culture and how spirituality assists in meaning-making can aid in their efforts to help their students educational experiences become more transformative and culturally relevant.