Okanagan Graduate Course Offering taught by Dr. Joseph Dunne
EDUC 517 Wellbeing as the aim of Wisdom – and of Education too? taught by Drs. Christopher Martin and Joe Dunne is being offered from July 29-August 16, 2013 from 9am-12pm Monday thru Friday at UBC’s Okanagan campus. This three credit course is open to all graduate students.
NOTE: Dr. Joseph Dunne is a member of the Royal Irish Academy whose writings on teaching as a distinct practice has been internationally lauded and has provoked a revival in valuing teacher practice in a variety of professions, including schools of education and faculties of medicine. He is an Invited International Distinguished Visitor to UBC’s Okanagan campus. This is unique opportunity to work closely with an international leader in education studies.
Please see below for a course description.
In educational research and policy there has been a recent upsurge of interest in ideas around the promotion of “social and emotional wellbeing”, “happiness”, “wellness” and “quality of life” as a central aim of education. This reflects and draws on accumulating work in psychology, economics and public policy analysis – work that itself revives deep concerns with human flourishing in classical Greek philosophy as well as in other ‘wisdom’ literatures of the world. This course will i) explore different perspectives on human wellbeing and ii) explore the implications of these perspectives for teacher practice and educational leadership.
For more detailed information concerning this course, please contact Dr. Martin at christopher.martin@ubc.ca or 250.807.8427.