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Wisdom

2012

Conference

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Wisdom, Complexity, And Adult Education: Emerging Theory And Meanings For Practice, Ann L. Swartz, Elizabeth J. Tisdell Jun 2012

Wisdom, Complexity, And Adult Education: Emerging Theory And Meanings For Practice, Ann L. Swartz, Elizabeth J. Tisdell

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper discusses various conceptions of wisdom in order to foster theory development of what it means to access and act with wisdom, as well as to educate adults in a way that fosters wisdom in a complex world. Keywords: wisdom, complexity science, and spirituality.


Spiritual Pilgrimage As Metaphor And Movement In Adult Learning: The Transformative Journey Toward Wisdom, Perdeta L. Bush, Elizabeth J. Tisdell Jun 2012

Spiritual Pilgrimage As Metaphor And Movement In Adult Learning: The Transformative Journey Toward Wisdom, Perdeta L. Bush, Elizabeth J. Tisdell

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper explores the notion of spiritual pilgrimage in the lives of a multicultural group of adult educators who have been participants in a longitudinal study of their spiritual development, and to some extent how it connects to our own stories as educators and researchers