Book description
Jung and Educational Theory
offers a new take on Jung's work, providing original, rich and
informative material on his impact on educational research.
- Explores Jung's writing from the standpoint of educational
philosophy, assessing what it has to offer to theories of education
- Highlights Jung's emphasis on education's role in bringing up
integrated and ethical human beings
- Offers the perspectives of a diversity of academics and
practitioners, on topics ranging from the role of the unconscious in
learning to the polytheistic classroom
- Both a valuable addition to the academic library and a significant
new resource in the professional development of teachers
Inna Semetsky is adjunt professor at the University of Waikato,
New Zealand. She has a PhD in philosophy of education (Columbia
University, USA), MA in Family and Child Counseling, and Grad. Dip. Ed
in math/science education. She has five entries in the Encyclopedia
of Religious and Spiritual Development (2006) and has published
four books including Deleuze, Education and Becoming (2006) and
Re-Symbolization of the Self: Human Development and Tarot
Hermeneutic (2011), as well as numerous articles and chapters,
including in International Handbooks. She serves on the board of four
academic journals. Among her forthcoming books is The Edusemiotics
of Images: Essays on the art~science of Tarot (Sense Publishers).
