Thinking and the Sense of Life
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A01=Gerhard Schaefer
A01=Ryoei Yoshioka
Author_Gerhard Schaefer
Author_Ryoei Yoshioka
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- ISBN 9783631651865
- Weight: 330g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 08 Oct 2014
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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Do cognitive/metacognitive abilities favour recognition of sense in life or not? Based on a sample of more than one thousand secondary schools students in Japan and Germany, the correlation between intelligence and perception of sense in life has been empirically examined. The study draws the conclusion that there is no clear correlation between cognition and sense. Finding sense in life seems to be independent from the level of thinking and to be independent as well from particular areas of commitment (e.g. science, technology, art and religion). The main factor discovered so far is a cultural/national one: The majority of Japanese students approve of the idea of sense in life whereas the majority of German students do not. The book discusses the different historical background of the two peer groups as a possible explanation and draws conclusions with respect to education.
Gerhard Schaefer, biology educator, is professor emeritus of the University of Hamburg. He was the chairman of the Commission for Biological Education (CBE) of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) for many years and has been the chair of the Educational Commission of the German Society for the Advancement of Science and Medicine (GDNÄ) since 1997. His main fields of research are concept-formation and attitude-development.
Ryoei Yoshioka is a senior researcher of the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) of Japan. His main fields of research are science education and database in education.
Ryoei Yoshioka is a senior researcher of the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) of Japan. His main fields of research are science education and database in education.
