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Anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson shares her new vision of learning through participation. She argues that individuals who shed their familiar habits of learning and actively seek new and unfamiliar experiences with an open mind will lead more enriched lives. She proposes that much of life's meaning lies at the edge of our awareness, much as we see objects with peripheral vision. To substantiate her ideas, Bateson describes exotic settings with a thoughtful eye and shows how interaction with other cultures brings perspective to one's life.

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"Bateson calls for nothing less than a complete rethinking of the educational process...She takes us on strange journeys that inevitably result in surprising revelations."

Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way

by Bateson, Mary Catherine

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Book desription: New York: Harper Collins, 1994. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. First Edition.. ISBN: 0060168595. BIOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY SPIRITUALITY.

Bookseller: Mooreshead Books (CA)
Bookseller Inventory #: 1541
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0060168595
ISBN 13: 9780060168599
Publisher: Harper Collins
Place: New York
Date published: 1994
Size: 6.25 x 9.75 x 1.25 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People of Color; PHILOSOPHY / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General;

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