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  1. Towards Skillful Global Citizenship Education.Tram Truong Anh Nguyen - 2013 - Paideusis: Journal of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society 21 (1):26-38.
    This article examines the implications of aspects of Buddhist philosophy for contemporary Global Citizenship Education. With primary reference to the writings of Thich Nhat Hanh, it specifically considers Buddhist understandings of suffering, the doctrine of no-self, the notion of store-consciousness, and the law of karma. The article subsequently introduces a skillful global citizenship education that is built on three pillars; namely, skillful awareness of interdependence, skillful compassion, and skillful awareness of intention.
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  • “But are we going to deal with the hard questions?”: Waves of Compassion in Halifax Regional Municipality.Susan Walsh, Fabiana Gonzalez, Phillip Joy & Kim MacAulay - 2014 - Paideusis: Journal of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society 21 (2):55-70.
    Within broader social concern about compassion and learning to live well together in the world, a non-profit community-based organization called Waves of Compassion has emerged in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in Nova Scotia, Canada. In this article, we explore how compassion relates to some “hard questions” that have arise for the organization—questions related to issues of marginalization and inclusivity: for example, what it might mean to “walk in another’s shoes,” particularly when that person or group of people is different from (...)
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  • Engaging Bodhisattva Compassion in Pedagogical Aporias.Mei Hoyt - 2014 - Paideusis: Journal of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society 21 (2):24-31.
    In teaching culturally sensitive and difficult issues, tensions and interruptions may arise, and educators and students may retreat to their respective comfort zones to avoid conflict and suffering, a pedagogical aporia occurs. This article introduces and examines Bodhisattva compassion from the Buddhist tradition, which offers insights and wisdom in transforming unexamined emotional responses into healthy and nonviolent expressions and embodiment of difference and dissonance. By tracing the Chinese etymological history of the term compassion and its use in Buddhist literature, I (...)
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  • Choosing to Love.Mary Jo Hinsdale - 2012 - Paideusis: Journal of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society 20 (2):36-45.
    This essay proposes a pedagogical ethic of love based on the four brahma-viharas -- also called the divine abodes-- of Theravada Buddhism. Witnessing, Kelly Oliver’s theory of mutual subjectivity, finds practical expression in the brahma-viharas, a comprehensive way to train the mind and heart to sustain an ethic of love in all of our relationships. Together, witnessing and the brahma-viharas offer an approach whereby we may choose to love students and to cultivate more open, responsive and egalitarian relations with them, (...)
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