how a community created a Buddhist education program for state schools Smith, Sue Erica creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. Electronic book. ne 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations. TCSE-Smith, blurb (final 9 August 2013) There are 400 million Buddhists in the world. Buddhists in Australia make up 3% of the population. So why have Buddhists had so little to say about educating youth? And, can Buddhism survive in Australia without educating youth? Sue Smith in Buddhist Voices in School answers why Buddhists are reluctant to go public on education, and how Buddhism has much to offer the critical area of enhancing the wellbeing of young people. Here she distinguishes spiritual education from religion. Using case studies of Buddhist classes in primary schools Smith shows how a community adapted Buddha-Dharma to fit with contemporary education. The book describes how Social and Emotional Learning, inquiry and experiential approaches to education fit well with the intentions of Buddhism. In these classes students learned to meditate and explored ethics through a lively selection of Jataka tales. Voices from a Buddhist community, state school teachers, parents and also students inform the narrative of this book. It is the students themselves that reveal over time how they have developed calm, focus, kindness, resilience and better ability to make choices through their participation. The author concludes that the principles and techniques used in this program make potent contributions to current pedagogy. This book will be of great value to educators, academics and all those who have interest in Buddhism and who care about how children are educated. Part 1: Gathering Voices. Introduction -- Buddhism in Australia -- Seeking Buddhist Education: Global Positions -- Dharma: Describing the Way the World Works -- Finding Places in a Changing Education Landscape: Australian Values -- Part 2: Listening to Many Voices. Interpreting Buddhism and the Human Sciences -- Telling Tales -- Meditating (With Mindful Motivation) -- Approaching Meditation in a Buddhist R.I. Class -- Children Meditating -- Stories of Lives: Morality, Meaning-Making and More Monkeys -- Exploring How the World Works: Acts of Kindness -- Buddhism and Spiritual Education -- Appendixes -- Other Stories -- The Buffalo and the Monkey (Original Transcript) -- he Drummer (Transcript). by Sue Erica Smith, Charles Darwin University, Australia. Includes bibliographical references. English. u-at--- Buddhism and education Australia RELIGION Comparative Religion Droit Sciences sociales Sciences humaines Buddhism and education Australia BQ162.A8 294.3/75 Smith, Sue Erica. (OCoLC)860992095 9789462094161 9462094160 9462094144 9789462094147 9462094152 9789462094154 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=662784 http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.slv.vic.gov.au/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&authtype=ip,uid&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=662784 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=662784 http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.slv.vic.gov.au/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&authtype=ip,uid&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=662784 GW5XE 131120 20200709060014.0 ocn863392235 eng