Semetsky Inna - Jung and Educational Theory

Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issue Book Series

Series Editor: Michael A. Peters

The Educational Philosophy and Theory journal publishes articles concerned with all aspects of educational philosophy. Their themed special issues are also available to buy in book format and cover subjects ranging from curriculum theory, educational administration, the politics of education, educational history, educational policy and higher education.

Titles in the series include:

Toleration, Respect and Recognition in Education
Edited by Mitja Sardo

Citizenship, Inclusion and Democracy: A Symposium on Iris Marion Young
Edited by Mitja Sardo

This edition first published 2013

Chapters 2013 The Authors

Book compilation 2013 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia

Originally published as a special issue of Educational Philosophy and Theory (Volume 44, Issue 1)

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Jung and educational theory / Edited by Inna Semetsky.

p. ; cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-29734-6 (pbk.)

1. Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961Influence. 2. EducationPhilosophy. 3. Educational psychology. 4. Psychoanalysis and education. I. Semetsky, Inna, 1948

LB14.7.J855 2012

370.1dc23

2012002032

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Notes on Contributors

Peter T. Dunlap is a founder of the Center for Political Development located in Petaluma, CA, USA, devoted to helping progressive leaders, their organizations and community groups to attend to the subtle prejudices that restrict the emergent leadership capacities needed at this time in our history. His research focuses on an exploration of the transformative experience toward becoming progressive political leaders. He recently published Awakening Our Faith in the Future: The advent of psychological liberalism (Routledge, 2008). Email: .

Raya A. Jones , PhD, is a senior lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. Academic specializations include narrative and Jungian approaches to the self, and developmental psychopathology. She served on the executive committee of the International Association for Jungian Studies. Authored and edited books include Jung, Psychology, Postmodernity (Routledge, 2007), Education and Imagination (Routledge, 2008), and Body, Mind, and Healing after Jung (Routledge, 2010). Email: .

Antonina Lukenchuk is an associate professor of Educational Foundations and Inquiry at National-Louis University, Chicago, IL. She has a PhD in Linguistics, EdD in Adult Education and MEd in Educational Foundations. Her research focuses on paradigms of research, phenomenology, hermeneutics, critical discourse analysis, cross-cultural studies, transpersonal psychology and service-learning. Among her recent publications is Living the Ethics of Responsibility through University Ser vice and Ser vice-learning: Phronesis and praxis reconsidered (2009). She is a kajukenbo martial artist and a volunteer in community organizations. Email: .

Dr Shiho Main is a fellow at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK, and an associate lecturer in Childhood with the Open University, UK. Her research interests include Jungs views on education and psychological development; history of childhood; and psychological issues concerning childrens rights. Among her recent publications is Childhood Re-imagined: Images and narratives of development in analytical psychology (Routledge, 2008). Email: .