Reconstructing 'Education' through Mindful Attention

Oren Ergas lectures at the Hebrew University and at Beit-Berl Academic College, Israel. His research focuses on mind and body in education from theoretical and practical perspectives. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals including The Journal of Philosophy of Education, Critical Studies in Education, and has co-edited Philosophy East/West: Exploring intersections between philosophical and contemplative practices.

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem with Education is 'Education'. Forget 'Education'. Study the Mind..- PART I. Fundamentals of Mind, Fundamentals of 'Education'.- Chapter 2. Attention, Space, Time and 'Education'.- Chapter 3. 'Education' and the Pruning of the Mind.- PART II. The Expulsion of Mind from 'Education': A Diagnosis of the Current 'Educational' Construct.- Chapter 4. 'Knowledge' and the 'Curriculum' in Time and Space.- Chapter 5. Pedagogy and Meta-Pedagogy.- PART III. The Inner Curriculum.- Chapter 6. The Ethics of the Inner Curriculum.- Chapter 7. The Curriculum of Embodied Perception.- Chapter 8. The Curriculum of Me.- Chapter 9. The Curriculum of I.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: The Reconstruction of 'Education' and the 'Contemplative Turn'.