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Dedication; Acknowledgements; Endorsements; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Purpose of the Book; 1.3 Evolution of an Educator: A Brief Personal Narrative; 1.4 The Methodical Structure of the Book: Difference and Repetition; 1.5 What ``Postformal Education: A Philosophy ́́is about; 1.6 Personal Reflections and Concluding Remarks; References; Part I: An Evolutionary Approach to Education; Chapter 2: Cultural Evolution: Past, Present and Futures; 2.1 Introduction
2.2 Evolution of Consciousness: The Cultural Dimension (Phylogeny)2.2.1 What is Cultural Evolution?; 2.2.2 What is Evolution of Consciousness?; 2.2.3 Challenges of Researching Evolution of Consciousness-Culturally; 2.2.4 Why Darwinian Biological Evolution is Incomplete: A Cultural Diagnostic; 2.3 A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Human Culture; 2.4 Selected Theorists of Cultural Evolution; 2.4.1 Comparative Models: Steiner, Gebser and Wilber; 2.4.2 Gebserś Structures of Consciousness; 2.5 Cultural Evolution from an Integrated Lens; 2.5.1 The Dawn of Humans: The Culture of Survival
2.5.1.1 Key Features of Archaic Consciousness2.5.2 The Age of Magic: The Culture of Art; 2.5.2.1 Key Features of Magic Consciousness; 2.5.2.2 Transition from Magic to Mythical; 2.5.3 The Age of the Great Myths: The Culture of Stories; 2.5.3.1 Key Features of Mythical Consciousness; 2.5.4 The Age of Philosophy: The Culture of Reason; 2.5.4.1 Key Features of Intellectual-Mental-Rational Consciousness; 2.5.4.2 The Birth of Formal Logic: The Cultural Context; 2.5.4.3 A Word about Hyper-Rationality and Hyper-Modernism; 2.5.5 The Age of Integration: The Integral Cultural Era
2.5.5.1 Key Features of Integral Consciousness2.6 Pointing to Megatrends of the Mind; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3: Psychological Development: Child and Adolescent; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Evolution of Consciousness: The Psychological Dimension (Ontogeny); 3.2.1 What is Psychological Development?; 3.2.2 Challenges of Researching Evolution of Consciousness: Psychologically; 3.2.2.1 Defining Consciousness; 3.2.2.2 Critiques of Developmentalism; 3.3 Selected Theories of Child and Adolescent Development; 3.3.1 Child Development Theories with a Focus on Piaget
3.3.1.1 The Sensori-Motor Stage (up to two years old)3.3.1.2 Pre-operational Stage (from two to seven years of age); 3.3.1.3 Concrete Operations (from seven/eight to eleven/twelve years of age); 3.3.2 Adolescent Development Theories, including Piaget; 3.3.2.1 Piagetś Formal Operations; 3.3.2.2 Storm and Stress and other ``Waiting Room ́́Theories; 3.3.2.3 A Return to Adolescent Stage Theory?; 3.3.2.4 Adolescence and Mental Health: What went Wrong?; 3.3.2.5 Adolescent Theory in the 21st Century; 3.3.3 Why Piagetś Theory is Incomplete: A Psychological Diagnostic
2.2 Evolution of Consciousness: The Cultural Dimension (Phylogeny)2.2.1 What is Cultural Evolution?; 2.2.2 What is Evolution of Consciousness?; 2.2.3 Challenges of Researching Evolution of Consciousness-Culturally; 2.2.4 Why Darwinian Biological Evolution is Incomplete: A Cultural Diagnostic; 2.3 A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Human Culture; 2.4 Selected Theorists of Cultural Evolution; 2.4.1 Comparative Models: Steiner, Gebser and Wilber; 2.4.2 Gebserś Structures of Consciousness; 2.5 Cultural Evolution from an Integrated Lens; 2.5.1 The Dawn of Humans: The Culture of Survival
2.5.1.1 Key Features of Archaic Consciousness2.5.2 The Age of Magic: The Culture of Art; 2.5.2.1 Key Features of Magic Consciousness; 2.5.2.2 Transition from Magic to Mythical; 2.5.3 The Age of the Great Myths: The Culture of Stories; 2.5.3.1 Key Features of Mythical Consciousness; 2.5.4 The Age of Philosophy: The Culture of Reason; 2.5.4.1 Key Features of Intellectual-Mental-Rational Consciousness; 2.5.4.2 The Birth of Formal Logic: The Cultural Context; 2.5.4.3 A Word about Hyper-Rationality and Hyper-Modernism; 2.5.5 The Age of Integration: The Integral Cultural Era
2.5.5.1 Key Features of Integral Consciousness2.6 Pointing to Megatrends of the Mind; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3: Psychological Development: Child and Adolescent; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Evolution of Consciousness: The Psychological Dimension (Ontogeny); 3.2.1 What is Psychological Development?; 3.2.2 Challenges of Researching Evolution of Consciousness: Psychologically; 3.2.2.1 Defining Consciousness; 3.2.2.2 Critiques of Developmentalism; 3.3 Selected Theories of Child and Adolescent Development; 3.3.1 Child Development Theories with a Focus on Piaget
3.3.1.1 The Sensori-Motor Stage (up to two years old)3.3.1.2 Pre-operational Stage (from two to seven years of age); 3.3.1.3 Concrete Operations (from seven/eight to eleven/twelve years of age); 3.3.2 Adolescent Development Theories, including Piaget; 3.3.2.1 Piagetś Formal Operations; 3.3.2.2 Storm and Stress and other ``Waiting Room ́́Theories; 3.3.2.3 A Return to Adolescent Stage Theory?; 3.3.2.4 Adolescence and Mental Health: What went Wrong?; 3.3.2.5 Adolescent Theory in the 21st Century; 3.3.3 Why Piagetś Theory is Incomplete: A Psychological Diagnostic