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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Fisher, R. Michael. World's Fearlessness Teachings : A Critical Integral Approach to Fear Management/Education for the 21st Century. Lanham : University Press of America, ©2009 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
R Michael Fisher |
ISBN: | 9780761849162 0761849165 |
OCLC Number: | 854969160 |
Description: | 1 online resource (395 pages) |
Contents: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1:Do We Really Want a Fearlessness (R)Evolution?; 2:Fear Management Systems Theory: A Critical Integral Approach; 3:World's Fearlessness Teachings: Managing The Human Fear Problem; 4:Education as Life-long Learning: Do We Really Want to Raise Fearless Children?; 5:Unifying the Fearlessness Movement: Educational Implications for a New Activist Agenda; References Cited; Index; About the Author. |
Abstract:
This book addresses the human fear problem by summarizing the teachings on fearlessness from around the world and throughout history and utilizing critical integral theory to categorize the developmental and evolutionary spectrum of fear management systems. An educational healing vision is offered to address challenges of a dangerous 21st century.
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I found [Fisher's] dilineation of the historical and theoretical contexts of "teaching fearlessness" affirming. They provide a strong staging area for discussion on the role of fear and emotional intelligence in transformational learning. -- Mary O'Hara, Ph.D., sociologist, activist, and teacher This book is an important one. I'll not teach a curriculum theory class without it in the future. -- Clifford Mayes Ph.D, Psy.D, Retired Professor of Educational Psychology, BYU and author Read more...
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