Death education and research : critical perspectives / W.G. Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warren, W. G. (William George), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Psychological aspects--Study and teaching.

Death.

Bereavement--Psychological aspects--Study and teaching.

Bereavement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A critical review of research and reflection in the area of death, with special emphasis on death education. Thought-provoking, often controversial reviews of and reactions to the current general domain of death phenomena--specifically death education--are addressed in this book. The author, skeptical that we can do very much with the phenomenon of death and dying, especially in relation to our efforts at addressing it educationally, explores the philosophical, psychological, socio-cultural, and theoretical aspects and raises critical questions that will challenge proponents of death

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Preface; Introduction; Part I Some Philosophical Considerations; Chapter 1: Traditional Western Thought and Existentialism; Chapter 2: Rights and Values; Postscript: Non-Western Thought; Concluding Remarks; Part II: Some Psychological Considerations; Chapter 3: Bereavement; Chapter 4: Conceptualizing and Assessing Death Attitudes and Cognitions; Chapter 5: Lifespan Differences in Death Orientations; Chapter 6: The Empirical Study of Death Education

Chapter 7: The Personal Construction of Death and Death EducationConcluding Remarks; Part III: Social And Ideological Aspects; Chapter 8: Survey Data and Accountability; Chapter 9: Religion and Death Education; Chapter 10: Educational Radicalism; Concluding Remarks; Part IV: Praxis; Chapter 11: Curriculum; Chapter 12: Philosophy, Education, Death and Life; Concluding Remarks; Conclusion; Subject Index; Author Index

Notes:

"Death Education and Research : Critical Perspectives has also been published as Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, Volume 9, Numbers 1/2 1988/89"--T.p. verso.

"First published by The Haworth Press, Inc."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-80411-5

1-317-77356-X

1-317-77357-8

9781315804118

OCLC:

878137843