Lecture
"Why Boredom Matters" - Kevin Hood Gary, Valparaiso University
Posted by Scott Bade
for Humanities
Please Join us!
When: Apr 6, 4pm
Where: 2500 Knauss Hall, WMU
What: "Why Boredom Matters: Education Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life"
Boredom is an enduring problem. “Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life” is a serious reflection on this universal and troubling state of mind. In this book, Gary argues that schools should educate students on how to engage with boredom productively. Rather than being conditioned to avoid or blame boredom on something or someone else, students need to be given tools for dealing with their boredom. These tools provide them with internal resources that equip them to find worthwhile activities and practices to transform boredom into a more productive state of mind. This book addresses the ways students might gain these skills.
KEVIN HOOD GARY is a professor of education at Valparaiso University. He is a co-founder of the North American Association for Philosophy of Education, which provides a hospitable space for scholars working at the intersection of philosophy and educational thought.
Thursday, April 6, 2023
4 to 5 p.m.
2500
Knauss Hall, WMU
Kalamazoo, MI 49008 US
Scott Bade