Based on the intertwined complex conversations among Heidegger, Dewey, and Lao Tzu, this book explores the possibilities of the Taoist Pedagogy of Pathmarks as a clearing between truth and untruth, responding to the spiritual call of Tao as inaction and teaching as releasement. In this book, Yu provides a critical exploration of the rich dynamics in the "direct" conversations among the three great thinkers of east and west, highlighting the implications of their ideas for education throughout. As more educational researchers, teacher educators, and teachers recognize the limitations of didactic teaching-as-telling, the author brings an alternate pathway to light.

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Jie Yu is Associate Professor of Education at Rollins College, USA. She received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Louisiana State University, USA. Her major research interests include curriculum studies, narrative inquiry, classroom teaching and learning, and multicultural education.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. A Long Unsettling Journey into a Taoist Pedagogy of PathmarksChapter 3. "View the Stars by Day" in a Deep Dark WellChapter 4. Waiting for the Sun, Superman, or God?: The Tao of Inaction as "Wait[ing] in Silent Readiness"Chapter 5. Respond to the "Call of the Pathway" in "Noiseless Ringing of Stillness"Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Taoist Pedagogy of Pathmarks as Releasement