Educational imperatives of the evolution of consciousness: The integral visions of Rudolf Steiner and Ken Wilber

International Journal of Children's Spirituality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-135

  Gidley, Jennifer M ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Evolution of consciousness; Gebser; Integral; Postformal; Steiner; Wilber

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949100426     PISSN: 1364436X     EISSN: 14698455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13644360701467428     Document Type: Article

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