Whole Person Education in East Asian Universities

<p>This book provides much new thinking on the phenomenon of whole-person education a phenomenon which features strongly in East Asian universities and which aims to develop students intellectually spiritually and ethically to master critical thinking skills to explore ethical challenges in the surrounding community and to acquire a broad based foundation of knowledge in humanities society and nature. The book considers different approaches to whole person education including Confucian Buddhist and Chinese perspectives Western philosophy and religion and interdisciplinary approaches. Overall the book provides a comprehensive overview of whole person education why it matters and how to implement it. Moreover although the examples in the book are from East Asia the discussion and the values involved are universal important for the whole world.</p>