Jung and Education: Elements of an Archetypal Pedagogy

by Clifford Mayes

Despite the growing interest in Jungian approaches to curriculum and instruction, there has yet to be an English text dealing with this subject until now. Here, author Clifford Mayes offers his unique perspective on how Jungian ideas and techniques for psycho-spiritual discovery and growth play out concretely in a wide variety of educational contexts. In this book, he draws together over seven years of research to extensively and systematically outline the educational consequences of Jungian psychology.

Jung and Education :
·Details the psychology of C.G. Jung
·Provides abundant examples and quotes from Jung himself
·Explains the central concepts in Jungian psychology
·Examines the archetypal nature of the student-teacher relationship
·Exams the "eight pillars" of a Jungian theory of education
·Provides examples of "archetypal reflectivity" in action in which the teacher reflects upon his/her sense of calling and classroom practices in archetypal terms

Teachers and teacher educators at the undergraduate and graduate levels in courses in methodology, social history of education, and educational psychology should use this book.

220 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2005

Reviews

[Kyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

An impressive feat to bring Jungian psychology into the field of education that goes beyond, crossing the line that Jung himself tried to balance himself upon, the rational-scientific evidence-based scholarship and the mystical spiritualism that gets your book consigned to the bottom shelf of a bookstore’s self-help section. Mayes makes the most of the Freud/Jung split and brings in many of the more alchemical elements into the first part, it is Mayes’ own teaching practice where I found myself not able to keep up: perhaps not wanting yet to cross the academic/spiritual line (not before my thesis gets published, at least) but seeing an opening that leads to the best of both worlds. Maybe I am just not ready to let go of my transference of Jung as the archetypal wise old man, to which Mayes seems to be the bible-quoting trickster?

[Todd · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a different world it would be if policy makers were reading this instead of the mindless crap driving education policy.

[Jennifer]

At the suggestion of my advisor, I read this to help with my dissertation. Excellent suggestion!