| Description |
xiii, 263 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In this book, Diana Senechal confronts a culture that has come to depend on instant updates and communication at the expense of solitude. Schools today emphasize rapid group work and fragmented activity, not the thoughtful study of complex subjects. The Internet offers contact with others throughout the day and night; we lose the ability to be apart, even in our minds. Yet solitude plays an essential role in literature, education, democracy, relationships, and matters of conscience. Throughout its analyses and argument, the book calls not for drastic changes but for a subtle shift: an attitude that honors solitude without descending into dogma"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Table of contents -- Introduction: the chatter of the present -- Definitions of solitude -- Distraction: the flip side of engagement -- Antigone: literature as "thinking apart" -- Workshop model in New York City -- Folly of the "big idea" -- Cult of success -- Mass personalization and the "underground man" -- Need for loneliness -- Practice of solitude -- Discernment and the public sphere -- Conclusion: setting up shop. |
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Reflective learning.
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Classroom environment.
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Education -- Effect of technological innovations on.
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Solitude.
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| ISBN |
1610484118 (hardcover) |
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