Full Description
Perspectives on Death Education and the Pedagogy of Death explores the essential role of an education that includes death in promoting a more conscious and meaningful life, fostering inner evolution and social development.
In addition to offering rich cultural perspectives from Spain, Scotland, Italy, Turkey, and Cyprus, this comprehensive volume systematises and updates knowledge in the fields of death education and the pedagogy of death in highlighting the importance of integrating these topics into education and curricula. Chapters discuss theory and new concepts developed by the pedagogy of death. Specific death-related aspects of the curriculum and classroom practice are discussed before finally delving into the most salient studies in the field.
This work serves as a reference text for future research on death education and the pedagogy of death, providing an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, and students. It offers new perspectives and identifies areas for future research and educational action.
Contents
Prologue
Part I. Theory
Chapter 1. A pedagogical approach to the consciousness of death: Twelve educational dimensions for curriculum design
Chapter 2. Consciousness, death and education
Chapter 3. Death education and public health approaches to death, dying and bereavement
Part II. Curriculum and teaching
Chapter 4. Integrating death education into school curricula: Challenges and prospects
Chapter 5. Didactics of death
Chapter 6. Methodology and educational resources for death education
Chapter 7. Death pedagogy and butoh dance: A bio-psycho-socio-spiritual approach through dance
Chapter 8. Educational accompaniment in bereavement situations
Part III. Research
Chapter 9. A systematic analysis of death pedagogy research
Chapter 10. The need for teacher education in the pedagogy of death: A systematic review of the literature and guidelines for teacher educators
Chapter 11. Beyond death education & the pedagogy of death
Epilogue
